In addition, large numbers of lung biopsies show a variety of nonspecific histologic patterns. If the biopsy is too small, if it shows marked crush artifact, or if it is obtained from the wrong ...

was similar after VATS lung wedge resection and after VATS pleura/mediastinal mass biopsy procedures (5.0% and 4.8%, respectively). Empyema developed in 1.4% of all patients, almost exclusively ...