Table 2 Characteristics of puncture localization of pulmonary nodules
Variants | (N = 281) |
|---|---|
Successful positioning cases, n (%) | 281 (100) |
Location of the chest wall puncture, n (%) | |
The anterior chest wall | 91 (32.4) |
The lateral chest wall | 91 (32.4) |
The posterior chest wall | 99 (35.2) |
Skin-to-needle distance, mm | 55.36 ± 13.58 |
The depth of localization needle into the lung, mm | 15.83 ± 5.99 |
The depth of the chest wall puncture, mm | 38.45 ± 11.88 |
The puncture angle, ° | 17.63 ± 18.13 |
Median VAS score at rest, cm | 4 [2, 5] |
VAS scores at rest, n (%) | |
VAS 0–3 | 132 (47) |
VAS 4–6 | 117 (41.6) |
VAS 7–10 | 32 (11.4) |
Median VAS scores for different chest wall puncture locations, cm | |
The anterior chest wall | 3 [2, 6] |
The lateral chest wall | 4 [3, 5] |
The posterior chest wall | 4 [3, 6] |