CT guided percutaneous fine needle biopsy of small lung lesions in outpatients. Safety and efficacy of the procedure compared to inpatients;Biopsia con ago sottile di piccole lesioni polmonari in pazienti non ospedalizzati Efficacia e sicurezza della procedura

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-282

  Romano, Maurizio ^a,b,d   Griffo, Salvatore ^a   Gentile, Maria ^a   Mainenti, Pier Paolo ^a,b   Tamburrini, Oscar ^c   Iaccarino, Vittorio ^a,b   Salvatore, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy, needle; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 6044260085     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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