From: Pre-operative localization of solitary pulmonary nodules with computed tomography-guided hook wire: report of 181 patients
Type of complication
Number of patients
Pneumothorax
71 (38 %)
Asymptomatic
67 (35,9 %)
Symptomatic
4 (2,1 %)
Parenchymal bleeding
11 (5,9 %)
Hemothorax
0
Dislodgement
7 (3,7 %)
Absence of lesion in the surgical specimen
11 (6 %)