Ultrathin fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the lung with transfissural approach: Does it increase the risk of pneumothorax?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1725-1729

  Ayyappan, Anoop P ^a   Souza, Carolina Althoff ^a   Seely, Jean ^a   Peterson, Rebecca ^a   Dennie, Carole ^a   Matzinger, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lung; Lung biopsy; Percutaneous biopsy; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57149101388     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1110     Document Type: Article

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