INVASIVE INTERVENTIONS UNDER CONTROL OF C OMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY

Invasive interventions (diagnostic and therapeutic) were conducted on 125 patients. Fifty-six has diseases of the lungs, 16 of the mediastin um, 4 of the pleura, 17 of the liver, 2 of the pancreas, one of the sp leen, 15 of the kidneys, 7 of the retroperineal space, two of the soft tissues, and 5 patients had diseases of the skeletal bones. Biopsy wa s combined with aspiration of the renal cyst content in 7 cases. The d iagnostic value of biopsy under control of CT was 86 % (106 cases); ne gative and pseudonegative results were recorded in 18 (14 %) patients. The efficacy of biopsy is determined by such factors as the size of t he lesion and the depth of its localization in the involved organ, the character of the pathological process and the region of its localizat ion, the site from which the material is collected, and the needles us ed. Among 7 patients with therapeutic inverventions, 5 had good and 2 had satisfactory immediate results. Complications were revealed in 4 ( 3,3 %) patients, pneumothorax was encountered most frequently.