Research Article

Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Multislice Spiral CT-Guided Transthoracic Lung Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Nodules of Different Sizes

Table 5

Univariate analysis of complications in 78 patients.

ItemPneumothoraxPulmonary hemorrhage
Yes ()No () value/Fisher’s exact probability valueYes ()No () value value

Age
 <60 years old ()6 (20.69)23 (79.31)0.0630.8015 (17.24)24 (82.76)1.7080.191
 ≥60 years old ()9 (18.37)40 (81.63)15 (30.61)34 (69.39)
Gender
 Male ()11 (20.00)44 (80.00)0.0710.79013 (23.64)42 (76.36)0.3930.531
 Female ()4 (17.39)19 (82.61)7 (30.43)16 (69.57)
Nodule density (cases)
 Solid ()14 (20.90)53 (79.10)0.8480.35716 (23.88)51 (76.12)0.7720.380
 Nonsolid ()1 (9.09)10 (90.91)4 (36.36)7 (63.64)
Needle track length
 ≤50 mm ()7 (41.18)10 (58.82)6.7400.0091 (5.88)16 (94.12)4.4510.035
 >50 mm ()8 (13.11)53 (86.89)19 (31.15)42 (68.85)
Puncture lung lobe
 Right upper lobe ()4 (13.79)25 (86.21)1.3150.8597 (24.14)22 (75.86)3.3380.503
 Right middle lobe ()2 (22.22)7 (77.78)1 (11.11)8 (88.89)
 Right lower lobe ()4 (23.53)13 (76.47)4 (23.53)13 (76.47)
 Left upper lobe ()2 (16.67)10 (83.33)3 (25.00)9 (75.00)
 Left lower lobe ()3 (27.27)8 (72.73)5 (45.45)6 (54.55)
Smoking history
 Yes ()8 (19.51)33 (80.49)0.0040.94711 (26.83)30 (73.17)0.0640.800
 No ()7 (18.92)30 (81.08)9 (24.32)28 (75.68)
Puncture position
 Supine position ()2 (8.00)23 (92.00)0.0017 (28.00)18 (72.00)1.1310.568
 Prone position ()7 (15.91)37 (84.09)12 (27.27)32 (72.73)
 Lateral position ()6 (66.67)3 (33.33)1 (11.11)8 (88.89)
Number of punctures
 1~3 times ()7 (20.00)28 (80.00)0.0240.87610 (28.57)25 (71.43)0.2860.593
 ≥4 times ()8 (18.60)35 (81.40)10 (23.26)33 (76.74)
Distance of puncture needle passing through lung tissue (mm)12.520<0.00111.101<0.001