Complications of percutaneous needle biopsy.

PERCUTANEOUS TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY USING TRU-CUT NEEDLE

Biopsies of thoracic lesions guidance. 22 of the 1 12 lesions were mediastinal and 83 were pleuroparenchymal. A large-bore 14-gauge Tru-cut needle was used in all patients. Adequate specimens for histologic examination were obtained in 98%. The overall accuracy was 91 % with 9% false negative and no false positive diagnoses. Despite the large size of the needle, the total number of complic...

Real-time ultrasound-guided percutaneous renal biopsy with needle guide by nephrologists decreases post-biopsy complications

BACKGROUND Percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) can result in serious complications. The study is aimed to compare the biopsy yield and complications rate of the real-time ultrasonagram (USG)-guided PRB and needle tracking with and without needle guide in two different study periods. METHODS We compared the yield and complications of 2138 kidney biopsies performed in two different periods, 1510 bi...

percutaneous transthoracic biopsy using tru-cut needle

biopsies of thoracic lesions guidance. 22 of the 1 12 lesions were mediastinal and 83 were pleuroparenchymal. a large-bore 14-gauge tru-cut needle was used in all patients. adequate specimens for histologic examination were obtained in 98%. the overall accuracy was 91 % with 9% false negative and no false positive diagnoses. despite the large size of the needle, the total number of complication...

Percutaneous computed tomography-guided oesophageal needle biopsy.

Sir, Biopsies of suspicious lesions in the oesophagus can be readily performed via a flexible endoscope in most settings. However, structuring lesions may require a rigid endoscope under general anaesthesia or a percutaneous approach to successfully biopsy. The percutaneous approach however, is rarely used with upper gastrointestinal tract lesions. We describe the fine needle aspiration (FNA) o...

The Chiba needle for percutaneous lung biopsy.