Transthoracic needle biopsy of the lung

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages S304-S316

  Di Bardino, David M ^a   Yarmus, Lonny B ^b   Semaan, Roy W ^b  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography guided TTNA (CT guided TTNA); CT guided electromagnetic navigational TTNA; Image guided lung biopsy; Transthoracic needle aspiration (TTNA); Ultrasound guided TTNA (US guided TTNA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATIONAL TRANSTHORACIC NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LESION; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX DISEASE; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

EID: 84958656804     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.12.16     Document Type: Article

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