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Table 2 Complications related to hook wire placement

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 %)