Background This article aims to comprehensively describe indications, contraindications,
technical aspects, diagnostic accuracy and complications of percutaneous lung biopsy …

Context.—Needle biopsy of diseased tissue is an essential diagnostic tool that is becoming
even more important as precision medicine develops. However, the capability of this …

BACKGROUND Increasingly, minimally invasive procedures are performed to assess lung
lesions and stage lung carcinomas. In cases of advanced‐stage lung cancer, the biopsy …

Aim To determine and compare the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT)-guided
percutaneous core needle biopsy (PCNB) and percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy …

Objectives To evaluate the incidence and clinical significance of pneumothorax (PTX) and
pulmonary hemorrhage (PH) after CT-guided lung biopsy (CT-LB). To test correlations of …

Background: This meta-analysis was conducted to compare the safety and diagnostic
performance between computed tomography (CT)-guided core needle biopsy (CNB) and …

Objective The efficacy of rapid on‐site evaluation (ROSE) combined with computed
tomography‐guided transthoracic core needle biopsy (CT‐guided TCNB) is rarely …

Objective To explore the feasibility, safety, and clinical application value based on the fusion
image of 18 F-FDG PET/CT, for guiding retroperitoneal puncture biopsy technology and to …

Background The problem of establishing lung tumor diagnostics is a challenge for clinicians,
especially pulmonologists, in determining a definitive diagnosis of a lung tumor. Objective …

Objectives: To compare CT-guided transthoracic cutting needle biopsy (TCNB) with
transthoracic aspiration needle biopsy (TANB) for pulmonary lesions with respect to the …