Table 1 Success rates per organ for blind and ultra-sound guided needle biopsies
From: Practice of percutaneous needle autopsy; a descriptive study reporting experiences from Uganda
| Â | Blind | Ultrasound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Predicted success rate (%, 95% CI) | True success rate (%, 95% CI) | Median# of attempts (IQR) | True success rate/total# of attempts§(95% CI) | Predicted success rate (%, 95% CI) | True success rate (%, 95% CI) | Median# of attempts (IQR) | True success rate/ total# of attempts§(95% CI) | |
Brain | 92 (87–98) | 93 (87–98) | 3 (3–4) | 0.27 (0.26-0.29) | - | - | - | - |
Lung right | 99 (97–100) | 71 (62–80)* | 5 (4–7) | 0.15 (0.12-0.17) | - | - | - | - |
Lung left | 99 (97–100) | 66 (56–75)* | 5 (4–6) | 0.13 (0.11-0.15) | - | - | - | - |
Both lungs | 99 (97–100) | 82 (75–90)* | 10 (8–12) | 0.08 (0.07-0.09) | - | - | - | - |
Heart | 97 (93–100) | 56 (46–66)* | 4 (3–5) | 0.14 (0.11-0.16) | 91 (85–97) | 72 (62–81)*/** | 3 (3–5) | 0.20 (0.17-0.23)*** |
Liver | 99 (97–100) | 99 (97–100) | 3 (3–4) | 0.27 (0.26-0.29) | 98 (95–100) | 100 | 3 (3–4) | 0.29 (0.28-0.30) |
Spleen | 89 (83–96) | 76 (67–85)* | 5 (3–7) | 0.14 (0.12-0.17) | 84 (77–92) | 72 (62–81)* | 5 (3–6) | 0.15 (0.12-0.17) |
Kidney right | 91 (86–97) | 73 (64–82)* | 5 (4–6) | 0.15 (0.13-0.17) | 91 (85–97) | 83 (75–91) | 4 (3–5) | 0.20 (0.18-0.23)*** |
Kidney left | 90 (84–96) | 71 (62–80)* | 5 (4–6) | 0.16 (0.13-0.18) | 91 (85–97) | 86 (79–93)** | 4 (3–6) | 0.20 (0.17-0.22)*** |
Both kidneys | 97 (97–100) | 83 (76–91)* | 10 (8–11) | 0.09 (0.08-0.10) | 96 (92–100) | 91 (86–97) | 9 (7–11) | 0.11 (0.10-0.11) |