Percutaneous lung biopsy: Experiences during the first 54 biopsies

Abstract

The first 54 consecutive percutaneous aspiration biopsies of pulmonary lesions of an ongoing prospective trial performed in this hospital between July 1977 and March 1980 have been evaluated. The technique was found to be safe and provided a reliable and rapid diagnosis. An overall diagnostic accuracy of 83% was achieved. In malignant lesions a correct diagnosis was made in 85% of biopsies. These results are compared with other workers using the same technique and with fiberoptic bronchoscopy and sputum cytology. Aspiration is recommended as an excellent alternative to other more established techniques, particularly in the diagnosis of the peripheral lesion.

Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of the Lung: Results of Early Discharge in 506 Outpatients

“…The most common major complication is pneumothorax. The incidence of pneumothorax reported in the literature during the past 30 years (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12) is 5%-57%, with a 1.6%-17.0% chest tube insertion rate.…”

Accuracy and safety of CT guided transthoracic needle biopsy

“…This could be attributed to the large number of patients that was included in that study (506 patients) (3).The needle path length and the number of needle passes were often considered to be related to the pneumothorax rate (22) Pneumothorax occurred in two female patients, age 52 and 50 respectively. In Patricia R. Geraghty et al, The relationship between pneumothorax rate and age as a continuous distribution was not significant (23) The incidence of pneumothorax reported in the literature during the past 30 years is 5%-57%, with a 1.6%-17.0% chest tube insertion rate (24)(25) In this study, the rate of chest pain was 2.4% that is similar to a study done by Dennie et al in 1999, rate of pleuritic chest pain is 2.4 % (3).…”