Three-step needle withdrawal method: A modified technique for reducing the rate of pneumothorax after CT-guided lung biopsy

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 432-437

  Wang, Hung Jung ^a   Leung, Ting Kai ^a,b   Lee, Chi Ming ^a,b   Chen, Ya Yen ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biopsy complications; Computed tomography; Lung biopsy; Pneumothorax; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LESION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RISK FACTOR; TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349191556     PISSN: 20720939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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