Research Article

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

Table 6

Logistic multivariate regression analysis of the incidence of pneumothorax in 78 patients.

FactorSEWald OR95% CI

Needle track 0.5210.2255.3621.6841.083~2.6170.021
Lateral position0.3550.1347.0191.4261.097~1.8550.008
Distance of the puncture needle passing through the lung 1.5260.5547.5874.6001.553~13.6240.006