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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2023; 07(03): 166-171
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1764371
Original Article

Robot-Assisted Lung Biopsy: A Safer Approach to Lung Lesions

Shadab Maqsood
1   Department of Radiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
,
Tahir Ahmad Khan
1   Department of Radiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
,
Manzoor Hussain
1   Department of Radiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
,
Mudasir Bhat
1   Department of Radiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
,
Tahleel Altaf Shera
1   Department of Radiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
,
Tariq Ahmad Gojwari
1   Department of Radiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
,
Feroze A. Shaheen
1   Department of Radiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Abstract

Purpose This article evaluates the feasibility, safety, and technical success of robot-assisted computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous lung biopsy.

Methods CT-guided lung biopsy was performed after clearance from the institutional ethical committee in 60 patients who were assigned to two groups, group A (robot-assisted biopsy) and group B (conventional CT-guided biopsy). The accuracy of needle placement, number of needle adjustments, radiation dose, procedure time, and complications were compared in both these groups.

Results In group A, the procedure duration was significantly shorter (p = 0.001), dose length product, lower (p = 0.001), accuracy of needle placement, superior (p = 0.003), and complication rates were lower (p = 0.002) compared with conventional CT guidedbiopsy.

Conclusion Robotic assistance during CT lung biopsy is associated with improved targeting of lesions with more diagnostic yield and less procedure duration, radiation exposure, and fewer complications compared with conventional CT lung biopsy.

Keywords

CT-guided lung biopsy - robotic biopsy - lung cancer - interventional radiology

Declaration of Patient Consent

The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms in the form, patients have given his/her/their consent for his/her/their images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patients understand that their names and initials will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal their identity, but anonymity can't be guaranteed.


Ethical approval

This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Sher-i-Kashmir institute of Medical Sciences, under reference number #303/2022 of IEC-SKIMS. A written consent to participate in the study was taken from the patient or next of kin.




Publication History

Article published online:
24 March 2023

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