Complications of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease

BackgroundCurrent guidelines recommend surgical lung biopsy for diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) in selected patients. To shed light on the risk–benefit ratio for this recommendation, we examined the morbidity and mortality associated with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) lung biopsy in a group of outpatients.MethodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted of 68 consecutive ambulatory patients with radiographically...