Delayed pneumothorax after transbronchial lung biopsy.
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The complication and mortality rate associated with fibreoptic bronchoscopy and transbronchial lung biopsy are low.' 2 Pneumothorax has been reported to occur after about 5% of transbronchial lung biopsies and is the most common complication of the procedure.3 Many extensive reviews of fibreoptic bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy, however, make no mention of the occurrence of delayed pneumothorax after the procedure.'-' We report two patients who suffered delayed pneumothoraces after transbronchial lung biopsies.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 41 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986