Procedure | N (%) | % Diagnostic | Data reported in 2006 | |
N (%) | % Diagnostic | |||
Bronchoscopy | 60 (27%) | 66 | 40 (33%) | 63 |
CT/USS-guided lung biopsy | 76 (34%) | 75 | 46 (38%) | 89 |
CT/USS-guided pleural biopsy | 10 (5%) | 100 | 9 (7%) | 89 |
Metastatic biopsy | 37 (17%) | 82 | 24 (20%) | 100 |
Pleural fluid | 32 (14%) | 47 | 8 (6%) | 37 |
Sputum | 1 (<1%) | 100 | 7 (5%) | 40 |
Thoracoscpy | 4 (2%) | 100 | 1 (<1%) | 100 |
Thoracotomy | 1 (<1%) | 100 |