BOSTON - Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a ...

Air embolism is a rare but potentially serious complication that can occur during lung biopsy procedures, particularly those guided by computed tomography (CT). This condition arises when air ...

But liquid biopsy is different. It is a non-invasive procedure that analyses the blood ... especially when it comes to diagnosing and treating lung cancer. According to the World Health ...

Thoracoscopic procedures reduce morbidity and the length of hospitalization compared to lung biopsy through open thoracotomy, while providing comparably diagnostic specimens. Percutaneous ...

BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a Boston hospital is offering a new approach that ...

The cell counts are most accurate when done on the original, pooled sample before any washing procedure has been performed; washing results in a loss of total cells and a decrease in cell viability.

“This could be a sign of what caused my heart problems. “I’ve got to have a lung biopsy in a couple of weeks. It sounds pretty gnarly. It might tell us what the cause was.” The procedure involves a ...