Practice Pattern of Transthoracic Needle Biopsy: 2016 Survey in the Members of Korean Society of Thoracic Radiology.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the current practice patterns of radiologists who perform transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB).

Materials and methods

An email survey of 71 questions on TNB was sent to 240 members of the Korean Society of Thoracic Radiology. The answers to multiple-choice questions (n = 56) were analyzed.

Results

Of 60 respondents, 45% had 10 or more years of experience in chest radiology, and 70% had 5 or more years of experience in TNB. For the question on the most frequently used diagnostic method for lesions with high probability of being resectable-stage lung cancer, 70% of respondents answered that TNB is initially used, with or without bronchoscopy. In patients at high-risk of TNB-related complications, the proportion of the respondents who consistently declin

SUBMITTER: Jo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5639150 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature