Background:Image guided transthoracic needle biopsy (TTNB) has great diagnostic value for the definitive characterization of lung lesions and is an established primary procedure to diagnose pulmonary nodules. It is traditionally performed as an outpatient procedure. It is safe, accurate, sensitive, and can obviate surgical procedure.
Objective: to assess the accuracy and safety of CT-guided TTNB in Baghdad Teaching Hospital
Patients & Methods: From December 2009 to September 2011, we conducted a prospective study of 43 consecutive outpatient and inpatient lung biopsies. An informed consent was obtained from the patients. No sedation is required. All biopsies were performed using CT guidance without CT fluoroscopy and were performed under local anesthesia using a 16 gauge core biopsy needle with internal automated gun. A posteroanterior inspiratory CXR was obtained 30 minutes after biopsy. All complications were recorded. If there was no pneumothorax, the patient was discharged. If there was a small asymptomatic pneumothorax, serial radiographs has been performed, patients also were discharged if no change in size was noted.
Results: A total of 43 patients underwent CT guided TTNB of peripheral lung lesions (mean age 60 years) and a male to female ratio of 28:15. The operation was successful in 40 out of 43 patients. The sample was adequate in 39 out of 43 patients. Complications were recorded in 4 patients (the most common complication was pneumothorax). No patient needed chest tube insertion.
Conclusion: CT guided TTNB is safe and an accurate procedure and can be performed as an outpatient procedure under local anesthesia.
Gender has considered and become a new trend in women's studies, as it reflects the behaviors, roles and attitudes imposed by society on its members in accordance with their biological nature,with focusing on gender rather than on concentration on women, which is closely linked to the vision that concentrates on women's problems which are not primarily according to their biological differences But rather to a greater extent to social, cultural, historical and religious barriers and Obstacles.
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Joseph Curtis wrote in his book (Introduction to Semiotics narrative and rhetoric) on the development of a semiotic project in exploring the meaning of communion. The book is rich in theoretical and analytical benefits both in the approach of texts and in the pursuit of letters in search of mechanisms of scriptural and scriptural generation and mechanics in narrative production, especially as the book offers exercises that help to assess the distance separating the narrative spread from the sin of the text, for the semiotics, Refers to the theoretical developments of the science of relations, through the combination of conventional definitions and the representative and comparative limitations, to provide an approach to the application o
... Show MoreAs the child is growing up, he goes through different phases which will be accompanied by physical and psychological changes. These changes set the basis for processes of designing and making children's clothes which in turn give its required benefits and meet the physiological, psychological and community needs. That will help provide the child with healthy physical and psychological growth.
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India is today the largest democratic state in the Third World and has been able to maintain its national unity in the near future. The history of Indian civilization is more than 5,000 years old. It has achieved its heritage, culture, philosophy, traditions, national unity and unity and has taken its place among nations seeking progress and progress. Which are still visible to the present day, because of their history of civilization and achievements, and the fusion of cultures of invading peoples over the centuries with the culture of diverse Indian society, but despite being a secular state, Has put into place through its governments various forms of exclusion and marginalization towards the people of India, especially Muslims, and th
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Anticyclone of synoptic studies that influence weather and climate of Iraq, The aim of
the study is to clarify the effect variation of repetition of Anticyclone and effect on thermal
characteristic in Iraq were pressure level has been analyzed (1000) millibars and that because
of pressure level is the closet to the earth surface and the clarity of climatic phenomenon
based on a systematic analysis of synoptic seeking maps and observation and (12:00)
according to timing GMT for five climatic stations which is (Mosul, Kirkuk, Baghdad, Rutba,
and Basra) and so far three consecutive climatic cycles which is first climatic cycle for period
(1986-1976). and second climatic cycle for period (1997-1987) and third climatic cy