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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
The Steele trephine was employed to perform 134 transthoracic biopsies in 120 patients. Resultant cores of tissue and "lung juice" provided a diagnosis in 89 percent (107) of the patients. Complications occurred in 41 percent (49) of the patients, the incidence being greatest in those with diffuse parenchymal disease. Most complications were of a minor nature. Although the precise role of trephine lung biopsy in the physician's diagnostic armamentarium remains to be defined, there is no doubt that it is a useful and safe technique in the elucidation of intrathoracic disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
212-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Percutaneous trephine lung biopsy: evolving role.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports