Factors influencing pneumothorax rate at lung biopsy: Are dwell time and angle of pleural puncture contributing factors?

Radiology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 491-496

  Ko, J P ^a   Shepard, J A O ^a   Drucker, E A ^a   Aquino, S L ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Sabloff, B ^a   Halpern, E ^a   McLoud, T C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsies, complications; Computed tomography (CT), guidance; Lung, biopsy; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035140373     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.218.2.r01fe33491     Document Type: Article

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