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Needle-aspiration lung biopsy: a comprehensive approach to complication reduction
1Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.
Journal of Thoracic Imaging
|November 22, 1997
Abstract:
Complications in needle-aspiration lung biopsy are often related to technique. A step-by-step discussion of lung biopsy focusing on complication reduction is presented. Preparation, needle selection, biopsy approach, needle manipulations, sampling, postprocedure care, and complication management are discussed in detail.