Complication rates of CT-guided transthoracic lung biopsy: meta-analysis

European Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 138-148

  Heerink, W J ^a   de Bock, G H ^a   de Jonge, G J ^a   Groen, H J M ^a   Vliegenthart, R ^a   Oudkerk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Computed tomography, X Ray; Lung neoplasms; Meta analysis; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY NEEDLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; INCIDENCE; LARGE CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, LARGE-CORE NEEDLE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; INCIDENCE; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84964211727     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-016-4357-8     Document Type: Article

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