Open AccessComputer tomography-guided core biopsies in a county hospital in Sweden: Complication rate and diagnostic yield
Author(s) -
Eva Brandén,
Stig Wallgren,
Hans Högberg,
Hirsh Koyi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.134069
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , radiology , biopsy , chest tube , lung biopsy , lung cancer , complication , thorax (insect anatomy) , lung , surgery , pathology , anatomy
Core biopsies are valuable in obtaining sufficient tissue to ensure diagnosis of diseases in the thorax.