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dc.titleCT-guided thoracic biopsy:Evaluating diagnostic yield and complications
dc.contributor.authorLoh, S.E.
dc.contributor.authorWu, D.D.
dc.contributor.authorVenkatesh, S.K.
dc.contributor.authorOng, C.K.
dc.contributor.authorLiu, E.
dc.contributor.authorSeto, K.Y.
dc.contributor.authorGopinathan, A.
dc.contributor.authorTan, L.K.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-06T09:10:13Z
dc.date.available2016-09-06T09:10:13Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.identifier.issn03044602
dc.identifier.urihttp://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/126948
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: This study retrospectively evaluated CT-guided thoracic biopsies for diagnostic yield, accuracy and complications. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of 384 patients (mean age 62.7 years; male/female = 251/133) who underwent 399 CT-guided thoracic biopsies were performed for evaluating diagnostic yield, accuracy and complications. Correlations between patients age, procedure factors (biopsy-needle size, number of passes, lesion-size, lesion-depth and traversed lung-length) and complications such as pneumothorax, haemothorax and haemoptysis were evaluated. A comparison between fi ne needle aspiration (FNA) group and core ± FNA group for diagnostic yield and complications was also performed. Results: FNA was performed in 349 patients and core ± FNA in 50 patients. The biopsy samples were adequate in 91.9% and the diagnostic accuracy for malignant lesions was 96.8% with 95.7% sensitivity and 100% specifi city. Pneumothorax (detected on CT) occurred in 139 cases (34.8%) and only 12 (3.0%) required insertion of an intercostal drain. Mild haemoptysis occurred in 13 patients (3.2%) and small haemothoraces in 2 patients. Pneumothorax occurrence was signifi cantly associated with the traversed lung-length (>3mm), lesion-size (≤33 mm) and lesion-depth (≥60mm) (P 3mm) and lesion-size (≤33 mm) (P
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAccuracy
dc.subjectComplications
dc.subjectDiagnostic yield
dc.subjectHaemoptysis
dc.subjectPneumothorax
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentDIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY
dc.description.sourcetitleAnnals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore
dc.description.volume42
dc.description.issue6
dc.description.page285-290
dc.description.codenAAMSC
dc.identifier.isiutNOT_IN_WOS
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