Keywords:
Interventional non-vascular, Oncology, CT, Ultrasound, Biopsy, Cancer, Metastases
Authors:
M. Goicea1, C.-I. Betianu2; 1Bucharest, ro/RO, 2BUCHAREST/RO
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-0573
Methods and materials
We performed a retrospective study,
on a lot of 350 consecutive patients with oncologic lesions,
of which at least one located in the lungs,
that underwent imaging-guided biopsies in our service between 2015 and 2018.
In agreement with our hospital policy,
the explicit consent requirement was waived.
All patients were accepted for the procedures only if they were not on current oral anticoagulant treatment and their INR was below 1,5.
In patients with glycemia values above 200 mg/dl,
antibiotic drugs were administered.
All procedures were performed with 18 Gauge needles.
For each individual procedure,
we considered whether complications occurred,
both generally and specifically for pneumothorax,
haemothorax,
haemoptysis,
alveolar haemorrhage,
infection and superficial haematoma; the need for performing an additional medical procedure (such as tube placement); and the obtaining of a specific histopathologic result.
The statistical analysis performed was an unpaired two-sample t test.