Effect of smoking on the diagnostic results and complication rates of percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy.

The effects of smoking on complications were similar in PTNBs performed using the core needle biopsy technique, but the association between smoking history and hemoptysis was borderline significant (current smoking, p = 0.05; heavy smoking, p = 0.06; Table S5 ).

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