Open AccessRole of Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis and Management of Pneumothorax Following Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
Author(s) -
Sachin Kumar,
Ritesh Agarwal,
Ashutosh N. Aggarwal,
Dheeraj Gupta,
Surinder K. Jindal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000125
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , bronchoscopy , radiology , lung , first line , biopsy , lung biopsy , surgery
Pneumothorax (PTX) following flexible bronchoscopy (FB) and transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) occurs in 1% to 6% of cases. Chest radiography (CXR) is therefore routinely requested to detect PTX following TBLB. The objective of this study was to prospectively evaluate the accuracy of ultrasound (US) in the detection of post-TBLB PTX.