The results of a lung needle biopsy help doctors diagnose conditions such as infection and cancer. Learn more about what to expect before, during, and after.

For the navigational bronchoscopy group, median age was 66, 47.1% were women, and 90.9% were white. For the transthoracic needle biopsy group, median age was 68, 49.6% were women, and 92.9% were ...

Adults who were referred for bronchoscopic or transthoracic needle biopsy of a single peripheral, indeterminate pulmonary nodule measuring 10 to 30 mm in diameter and had a calculated pretest ...

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In 37 patients, the lung nodule measured ≤ 1.5 cm (mean, 1.1 cm), and in 102 patients, the lung nodule was > 1.5 cm (mean, 2.8 cm). Diagnostic accuracy was determined by cytopathology results.

Intuitive Surgical receives FDA clearance for its lung cancer biopsy robot By Conor Hale Feb 20, 2019 10:00am biopsy lung cancer medical device regulatory ...

"Surgical biopsy proves safe for selected late-stage lung cancer patients." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 26 June 2014. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 06 / 140626141019.htm>.

Diep R, MacDonald M, Cooper R, et al. Biopsy method and needle size on success of next-generation sequencing in non-small cell lung cancer: a brief report. JTO Clin Res Rep. Published online March ...

ENB procedures had significantly fewer complications, such as punctures resulting in a collapsed lung, at a rate of 5.8% versus 31% with CT-guided needle biopsy.

More recent literature on CT-guided lung biopsies demonstrates a definite difference in the diagnostic yield and accuracy when biopsies are performed on small nodules (≤ 2 cm). [13, 16, 17, 19 ...