Computer tomography guided lung biopsy using interactive breath-hold control: a randomized study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interactive breath-hold control (IBC) may improve the accuracy and decrease the complication rate of computed tomography (CT)-guided lung biopsy, but this presumption has not been proven in a randomized study.

Methods

Patients admitted for CT-guided lung biopsy were randomized to biopsy either with (N=201) or without (N=206) IBC. Biopsy accuracy, procedure time, radiation, and complications were compared in the two groups. Predictors for pneumothorax were analyzed.

Results

Procedures performed with the use of IBC (N=130) did not show higher biopsy accuracy (P=0.979) but were associated with a higher risk of pneumothorax (P=0.022) compared to procedures without the use of IBC (N=171). Overall, 50% of the biopsies were malignant, 13% were benign, and 33% were

SUBMITTER: Ashraf H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5497083 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature