DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY AND COMPLICATIONS OF PERCUTANEOUS CT-GUIDED NEEDLE BIOPSY OF LUNG NODULES IN 161 PATIENTS

Objective: Transthoracic needle biopsy is a diagnostic method that has proven its reliability in lung nodules and frequently applied daily practice. The accuracy of biopsies performed with computed tomography navigation quite high, even if the lesion sizes are smaller than 1 cm. We aimed to evaluate complications tomography-guided percutaneous transthoracic procedure our center.
 Material Methods: Patients who underwent guided pulmonary nodule between January 2017 2020 were included study. size anatomic location lesions, distance pleura lesion, angle pleura, time, number pathologic samples taken per patient, total radiation dose, complications, pathological results lesions analyzed from patients’ images records.
 Results: Among 161 patients admitted for procedure, 135 male (mean age 64.3±11.1 years) 26 females 61.3±15.4 years). evaluation 32 reported as non-diagnostic. was calculated 80.1%. Major occurred 10 (6.2%), minor 60 (37.2%). rate requiring chest tube insertion 4.9%. mean effective dose 5.26±3.25 mSv.
 Conclusion: Computed high rate, low can be preferred all appropriate nodules.