Table 4. Previously Reported Complications for Ultrasound-Guided Core Needle Biopsy.
| Study | No. of nodule | Hematoma | Edema | Hemoptysis | Infection | Hoarseness | Vasovagal reaction | Dysphagia | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn et al. (1994) [21] | 102 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Liu et al. (1995) [22] | 100 | 0 | |||||||
| Taki et al. (1997) [23] | 74 | 0 | |||||||
| Pisani et al. (2001) [24] | 32 | 0 | |||||||
| Screaton et al. (2003) [25] | 209 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Harvey et al. (2005) [26] | 79 | 0 | |||||||
| Renshaw et al. (2007) [27] | 377 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Strauss et al. (2008) [28] | 81 | 0 | |||||||
| Zhang et al. (2008) [29] | 225 | 0 | |||||||
| Khoo et al. (2008) [30] | 359 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Park et al. (2011) [8] | 54 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Samir et al. (2012) [31] | 90 | 0 | |||||||
| Sung et al. (2012) [32] | 555 | 11 | 9 | 20 | |||||
| Na et al. (2012) [7] | 225 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| Yunker et al. (2013) [33] | 74 | 0 | |||||||
| Yeon et al. (2013) [9] | 155 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Hahn et al. (2013) [34] | 88 | 0 | |||||||
| Nasrollah et al. (2013) [35] | 40 | 0 | |||||||
| Ha et al. (2013) [36] | 85 | 0 | |||||||
| Hakala et al. (2013) [37] | 52 | 0 | |||||||
| Lee et al. (2014) [38] | 125 | 0 | |||||||
| Choi et al. (2014) [39] | 191 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Nasrollah et al. (2014) [16] | 61 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Trimboli et al. (2014) [40] | 31 | 0 | |||||||
| Zhang et al. (2014) [41] | 369 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Min et al. (2014) [12] | 104 | 0 | |||||||
| Ha et al. (2014) [11] | 264 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 4,201 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60 |