title: [Evaluation of a new punction needle for transthoracic pulmonary biopsy].
abstract: A new percutaneous needle for pulmonary biopsy is described in this report, as well as its clinical applications--showing the different types of material that may be obtained--and the restrictions for its use. The results of using this biopsy needle were examined in 29 cases. Among these patients diagnoses of neoplastic processes--an accuracy of 82.75%--were established, being false or negative only 8.33% of the cases. In the rest of the patients, different kinds of pathological processes were examined (17.25 percent), which were mostly infectious cases. There was a low rate of clinically detectable complications (10.34%), all of them corresponding to pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Cirugía III-U.M.I. no 2. Hospital San Roque, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, U.N.C.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Casarín
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foglia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vanoni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles