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Minimizing Complications for Challenging Lung Biopsies with Dr. Venkatesh Krishnasamy on the BackTable VI Podcast

Ep 464 Minimizing Complications for Challenging Lung Biopsies with Dr. Venkatesh Krishnasamy

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VI Episode #464

Minimizing Complications for Challenging Lung Biopsies

Dr. Venkatesh Krishnasamy shares techniques and specific cases for challenging lung biopsies, his insights on mentorship, importance of multidisciplinary tumor boards, and the evolution of lung biopsy practices. Dr. Krishnasamy is an interventional radiologist and Director of Interventional Oncology at the University of Alabama Birmingham.

VI Episode #453

Thoracentesis Best Practices

In this episode, Dr. Paul Lewis discusses best practices for thoracentesis. He shares insights on using image guidance, managing complex effusions, and managing complications such as pneumothorax and hemothorax. Dr. Lewis is an interventional radiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

VI Episode #278

Minimizing Complications for Lung Biopsies

In this episode, host Dr. Chris Beck interviews chest and interventional radiologist Dr. Robert Suh about his lung biopsy technique, including how he approaches pain management, and his take on the best way to seal the biopsy tract to prevent air leaks.

VI Episode #157

Percutaneous Lung Biopsies: Pleural & Parenchymal Blood Patching

In Part II of our Lung Biopsy Series Dr. Fred Lee and Dr. Christopher Beck discuss Pleural and Parenchymal Blood Patching to prevent Pneumothorax, including results of the recent JVIR article from Sept 2021.

VI Episode #156

Percutaneous Lung Biopsies: The Basics

We start off Part 1 of a 2 part series with Dr. Fred Lee discussing Percutaneous Lung Biopsy Technique, with tips and tricks to help your daily practice.

Pneumothorax Articles

Read BackTable articles on Pneumothorax, packed with practical insights for practicing physicians.

How to Prevent Thoracentesis Complications: Pneumothorax, Hemothorax & Re-Expansion Pulmonary Edema

Interventional radiologist Dr. Paul Lewis shares practical strategies to refine the thoracentesis procedure and minimize complications, focusing on imaging guidance, needle placement, and post-procedure techniques to prevent pneumothorax, hemothorax, and re-expansion pulmonary edema.

Best Practices in Thoracentesis Procedure: Steps, Pain Control & Tools

Interventional radiologist Dr. Paul Lewis shares his purview on thoracentesis procedure steps, patient selection, pain management, and equipment analysis.

Lung Biopsy Procedure: Patient Communication, Medications & Device Selection

The key to a successful needle lung biopsy procedure is proper preparation. Interventional radiologist Dr. Robert Suh shares his approach to patient prep for lung biopsy, including pain control.

BioSentry Plug vs Blood Patching: Preventing Pneumothorax After Lung Biopsy

Pneumothorax is a common complication during a lung biopsy procedure. Dr. Robert Suh describes two distinct methods, BioSentry plug and blood patching, to manage this complication, and considerations for each approach.

Pleural & Parenchymal Blood Patching Techniques in Lung Biopsy

Blood patching began to emerge in the early 2000’s as a technique to reduce the incidence of chest tube placements subsequent to pneumothoraces, and has since been adopted in lung biopsy procedures. Blood patching is a technique in which the operator introduces the patient's own blood into the pulmonary space to promote coagulation of air passages created upon biopsy.

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