it was difficult to evaluate if any particular variable, such as biopsy method or specimen transfer and processing method, had a statistically significant effect on diagnostic culture yield across multiple papers. Another major drawback was that nearly all included...
In all, 164 additional diagnostic tests and procedures were performed in the 80 patients with indeterminate or clinically significant incidental findings, including 1 patient who suffered empyema and abdominal abscesses as a complication of transthoracic biopsy. In an observational study, Kim and colleagu...