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SUBMITTER: Theilig D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335035 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Theilig Dorothea D Petschelt David D Mayerhofer Anna A Hamm Bernd B Gebauer Bernhard B Geisel Dominik D
Scientific reports 20200703 1
The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of pneumothorax and need for chest tube insertion in CT-guided lung biopsies and identify predictors focusing on pulmonary emphysema determined with quantitative computed tomography. To that end, we retrospectively analysed the incidence of pneumothorax and chest tube insertion in 371 CT-guided lung biopsies with respect to the quantitative emphysema score determined with the density mask technique. Other possible impact factors considered were lesi ...[more]