Trial reportEuropean radiology2015
Preliminary clinical experience with a dedicated interventional robotic system for CT-guided biopsies of lung lesions: a comparison with the conventional manual technique.
Trial report in European radiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07277088 (A Prospective, Single-center, Randomized Controlled Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of the Percutaneous Interventional Surgery Control System for Pulmonary Nodule Biopsy), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Prospective, Single-center, Randomized Controlled Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of the Percutaneous Interventional Surgery Control System for Pulmonary Nodule Biopsy
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Robotic-assisted versus conventional CT-guided lung biopsy for pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Retrospective Evaluation of Safety of Using a Semi-automatic Robotic System for Transthoracic Biopsy of Lung Mass Under Positron Emission Tomography-computed Tomography Guidance.Thoracic research and practice · 2026Article
- Robot-assisted CT-guided interventions: Where are we now and where are we going?European radiology · 2026Review
- A Review on Artificial Intelligence as a Solution to Burnout in Interventional Radiology.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2026Review
- Clinical evaluation of the effectiveness of laser localization system in CT-guided percutaneous lung puncture positioning: a prospective randomized controlled pilot study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Navigation Systems Significantly Improve the Efficiency and Safety of CT-Guided Interventions.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Preliminary clinical experience with a robot-assisted system in preoperative hookwire localization of pulmonary nodules: a prospective pilot study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Interventional Radiology Management of Bone Metastasis Pain: Strategies and Techniques.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2025Review
- Percutaneous Lung Biopsy: Evidence-Based Techniques to Reduce Complications.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2025Review
- Comparison of robotic versus manual needle insertion for CT-guided intervention: prospective randomized trial.Radiology advances · 2025Article
- The clinical performance of robotic assisted navigation system versus conventional freehand technique for percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Novel Laser System-Assisted CT-Guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Lung Biopsy in Patients with COPD Combined with Pulmonary Nodules.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Article
- Stepwise Corrected Attention Registration Network for Preoperative and Follow-Up Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Glioma Patients.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comparison of a Patient-Mounted Needle-Driving Robotic System versus Single-Rotation CT Fluoroscopy to Perform CT-Guided Percutaneous Lung Biopsies.Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR · 2024Article
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- Chinese expert consensus on cone-beam CT-guided diagnosis, localization and treatment for pulmonary nodules.Thoracic cancer · 2024Article
- Navigation and Robotics in Interventional Oncology: Current Status and Future Roadmap.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Intra-Patient Lung CT Registration through Large Deformation Decomposition and Attention-Guided Refinement.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Current State of Robotics in Interventional Radiology.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveEvaluate the performance of a robotic system for CT-guided lung biopsy in comparison to the conventional manual technique. MATERIALS AND
methodsOne hundred patients referred for CT-guided lung biopsy were randomly assigned to group A (robot-assisted procedure) or group B (conventional procedure). Size, distance from entry point and position in lung of target lesions were evaluated to assess homogeneity differences between the two groups. Procedure duration, dose length product (DLP), precision of needle positioning, diagnostic performance of the biopsy and rate of complications were evaluated to assess the clinical performance of the robotic system as compared to the conventional technique.
resultsAll biopsies were successfully performed. The size (p = 0.41), distance from entry point (p = 0.86) and position in lung (p = 0.32) of target lesions were similar in both groups (p = 0.05). Procedure duration and radiation dose were significantly reduced in group A as compared to group B (p = 0.001). Precision of needle positioning, diagnostic performance of the biopsy and rate of complications were similar in both groups (p = 0.05).
conclusionRobot-assisted CT-guided lung biopsy can be performed safely and with high diagnostic accuracy, reducing procedure duration and radiation dose in comparison to the conventional manual technique. KEY POINTS: • CT-guided biopsy is the main procedure to obtain diagnosis in lung tumours. • The robotic device facilitates percutaneous needle placement under CT guidance. • Robot-assisted CT-guided lung biopsy reduces procedure duration and radiation dose.
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