Sinner W N
Rofo. 1980 Apr;132(4):363-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1056580.
In percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsies, statistical analysis of complications in men and women of different age groups is believed to be helpful in borderline cases for a better evaluation of risk factors versus the value of the information gained by the procedure. The 95 percent confidence interval and the X2 test showed a significantly lower rate of pneumothorax in mediastinal and pleural based lesions as compared to intralobar changes. Age and sex were found to be the most important parameters for the rate and degree of pneumothorax. The incidence of pneumothorax (mean value 27,2%) steadily increased with age from 2 of 10 in the age group of 9 to 29 years, to 3 to 10 in age group up to 69 years in both sexes, and after 70 years it was as high as 4 of 10. In women the relative frequency of pneumothorax was lower for the respective age groups than in men. Other factors influencing the complications include: experience of the operator, size and depth of the lesion to be punctured and to a certain degree the outer diameter of the needle being used.
在经皮经胸针吸活检中，对不同年龄组男性和女性并发症进行统计分析，在临界病例中有助于更好地评估风险因素与该操作所获信息价值的对比。95%置信区间和X²检验显示，与肺叶内病变相比，纵隔和胸膜病变的气胸发生率显著更低。年龄和性别被发现是气胸发生率和严重程度的最重要参数。气胸发生率（平均值27.2%）随年龄稳步上升，从9至29岁年龄组的10例中有2例，到69岁及以下年龄组男女均为10例中有3例，70岁以后高达10例中有4例。在各年龄组中，女性气胸的相对发生率低于男性。影响并发症的其他因素包括：操作者的经验、待穿刺病变的大小和深度以及在一定程度上所使用针的外径。
