Current Practice in the Management of Pulmonary Nodules Detected on Computed Tomography Chest Scans

Figure 3

Time to receiving interventional, surgical, and radiological follow-up. In the combined surgical and interventional group, a majority (70.5%) of the patients underwent surgical resection or biopsy or transbronchial biopsy or cytology within 3 months (a). In the radiological follow-up group, 36.1% of the patients had a follow-up CT chest within the interpreting radiologist’s recommended time interval (b).

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