... diagnostic accuracy. However, a complication involving a needle fracture that penetrated a nearby artery has not been reported during this procedure. Case Presentation: A male patient, 58 years of age, underwent endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for a mediastinal lymph node...

.... Objectives: Evaluation of recommendations, complications, and outcome of on-call bronchoscopies. Method: A retrospective single-centre analysis was conducted in a large university hospital. All on-call bronchoscopies performed outside normal working hours in the year before (period 1) and after (period 2...

... performance may be improved by more accurate targeting of biopsy to radiologic abnormalities, and complication rates may be reduced by avoiding biopsy of pleura or larger vessels. Objectives: To report the preliminary experience of using CT-fluoroscopic guidance for accurate targeting of bronchoscopic...

... complication frequency and nature during repeat thoracentesis in patients with and without HH. Methods: Complication rates in patients undergoing repeat thoracentesis for symptom relief was compared between patients with HH and a control group (non-HH group) at a single center from 2010 to 2015. Records were...

...Matthieu Buscot; Sylvie Leroy; Johanna Pradelli; Nouha Chaabane; Xavier Hebuterne; Charles-Hugo Marquette; Jerôme Filippi Capsule endoscope aspiration is an increasingly reported complication, potentially responsible for respiratory distress and asphyxia. This adverse event is primarily managed...

... is to determine if obese patients require more sedation or had more procedural complications during bronchoscopy under moderate sedation than non-obese patients. Methods: We evaluated complications and sedation requirements in non-obese versus obese patients, defined by multiple criteria including body mass index...

...Albert Sánchez-Font; Luis Álvarez; Gabriela Ledesma; Víctor Curull Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive procedure for the diagnosis of mediastinal lymph nodes and masses. Its complications are rare and include hemorrhage, pneumothorax...

... Hospital were included. Postprocedural complications and the durability of devices were retrospectively reviewed. Results: During the study period, EBUS-GS procedures were performed for 965 PPLs. The overall complication rate was 1.3% (13/965): 0.8% (8/965) for pneumothorax and 0.5% (5/965) for pulmonary...

...David R. Stather; Paul MacEachern; Alex Chee; Elaine Dumoulin; Alain Tremblay Background: Increased complications have been demonstrated in patients undergoing some medical procedures performed by trainees. Flexible bronchoscopy is generally considered a safe procedure; however, complications can...

...Andrea Azzola; Christophe von Garnier; Prashant N. Chhajed; Udo Schirp; Michael Tamm Flexible bronchoscopy is a widely used and safe procedure with a reported maximal mortality rate of 0.04% and a major-complications rate of 0.5%. There are, however, only few case descriptions...

...Michalis Agrafiotis; Ilias I. Siempos; Matthew E. Falagas Background: Airway stenting is nowadays an established method for the palliative and/or curative treatment of central airways obstruction. However, complications related to the use of airway stents have been reported. Objective: We...

... deployed in a structural postintubation tracheal stenosis. Other indications were multinodular goiter, anastomotic stricture, endobronchial posttuberculosis scar, damaged cartilage and relapsing polychondritis. Results: In our series, the short-term (<12 weeks after stent deployment) complication rate...

... pneumothorax frequency was 24.7%, being highest with the Nordenström needle. Hemoptysis was seen in 5 examinations. In conclusion, the Franzén and Vacu-Cut needles have a significantly higher sensitivity and a lower complication frequency compared to the Nordenström needle. 20 08 1992 12 07 1993...

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...P. Lockwood The results of lung function tests on 81 patients who subsequently developed cardiopulmonary complications after thoracotomy for carcinoma of the bronchus were compared with those from the same number of similar patients who suffered no complications. Simple statistical analysis showed...

...Faguang Jin; Deguang Mu; Dongling Chu; Enqing Fu; Yonghong Xie; Tonggang Liu Background: Interventional bronchoscopy is widely used for the diagnosis and therapy of many lung and airway diseases. Concern has been raised about its complications. Objective: To review the severe complications...

... early or late complications. The correct choice of the type of a stent demands expertise with consideration and anticipation of late side effects especially in benign stenosis. © 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel 2003 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

... charges directly attributable to bronchoscopy-related complications in outpatients. Methods: A prospective analysis of outpatient bronchoscopy-related complications, clinical outcomes and hospital charges resulting directly from procedure-related adverse events in 660 consecutive outpatients undergoing...