Usefulness of Saline Sealing in Preventing Pneumothorax after CT-Guided Biopsies of the Lung

• Published in: Diagnostics (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 23; p. 3546
• Main Authors: Roman, Andrei, Brozba, Andreea, Necula, Alexandru, Muntean, Delia Doris, Kubelac, Paul, Fekete, Zsolt, Tomuleasa, Ciprian, Csutak, Csaba, Feier, Diana, Pintican, Roxana, Vlad, Catalin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.11.2023
• Subjects: Asymptomatic; Biopsy; Chest tubes; CT-guided lung biopsy; Emphysema; Lung cancer; Medical imaging; Medical research; Medical screening; Medicine, Experimental; Metastasis; Oncology; Patients; Performance evaluation; Pneumothorax; pneumothorax prevention; Respiration; saline sealing; Tumors; Romania; United States > US; pneumothorax prevention; CT-guided lung biopsy; saline sealing

This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of saline sealing in reducing the incidence of pneumothorax after a CT-guided lung biopsy. This was a retrospective case-control study of patients who underwent CT-guided biopsies for lung tumors using 18 G semiautomatic core needles in conjunction with 1...