• Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Dec 2015

    The Effect of Needle Gauge on the Risk of Pneumothorax and Chest Tube Placement After Percutaneous Computed Tomographic (CT)-Guided Lung Biopsy.

    • Joshua D Kuban, Alda L Tam, Steven Y Huang, Joe E Ensor, Asher S Philip, Geraldine J Chen, Judy Ahrar, Ravi Murthy, Rony Avritscher, David C Madoff, Armeen Mahvash, Kamran Ahrar, Michael J Wallace, Arun C Nachiappan, and Sanjay Gupta.
    • Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Mailstop 360, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. jdkuban@gmail.com.
    • Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2015 Dec 1; 38 (6): 1595-602.

    BackgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of coaxial guide needle gauge (18 vs. 19 gauge) on the risk of pneumothorax and chest tube placement after CT-guided lung biopsy.MethodsImaging records of all patients who had undergone CT-guided lung biopsies at our institution from March 1, 2006 to December 9, 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the effect of various patient-, lesion-, and procedure-related variables on subsequent pneumothorax and chest tube placement rates.ResultsThe study included 4262 biopsies (2304 with 18-gauge and 1958 with 19-gauge coaxial guide needles) in 3917 patients. The rates of pneumothorax and chest tube placement were 30.2 and 15%, respectively. Pneumothorax occurred in 35% of procedures performed with 18-gauge needles and in 24.5% of procedures performed with 19-gauge needles (p < 0.0001). Chest tube insertion occurred in 16.7% of procedures performed with 18-gauge needles and in 13.1% of procedures performed with 19-gauge needles (p = 0.0011). Multivariate logistic regression models demonstrated that the use of an 18-gauge needle was associated with a higher rate of pneumothorax (p < 0.0001) and chest tube placement (p = 0.0003). The following factors were also associated with higher rates of pneumothorax and chest tube placement: older age, emphysema, greater number of pleural surfaces crossed, and a longer biopsy needle path length.ConclusionsThe use of a 19-gauge coaxial guide needle significantly decreases the risk of pneumothorax and chest tube placement compared with an 18-guage needle.

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