The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of simple aspiration of air from the pleural space to prevent increased pneumothorax and avoid chest tube placement in cases of pneumothorax after computed tomography (CT)-guided lung biopsy.
Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-Chyo, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. yamagami@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp