Table 1.
Predictors of percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsies of potentially malignant pulmonary tumors: odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for technical success and complications (minor and major complications).
Fig 1.
Technical success rates of CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsies of pulmonary tumors according to patient age, lesion diameter, and length of interventional pathway.
Fig 2.
Predictors of complication rates of CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsies of pulmonary tumors according to patient age, lesion diameter, and length of interventional pathway (* p<0.05).
Fig 3.
Examples of lung tumors of different sizes, sites, and lengths of interventional pathways.
A) Small lesion; pathology: metastasis of colorectal cancer. B) Large lesion; pathology: lung carcinoma. C) Peripheral lesion; pathology: lung carcinoma. D) Central tumor; pathology: B-cell lymphoma.
Fig 4.
Technical success (upper part) and rate of complications (lower part) by interventional radiologists.
There was a significant difference in technical success between interventional radiologists, suggesting that interventional radiologists-related factors strongly affect outcome of percutaneous transthoracic biopsies of pulmonary tumors.