“Can you get a lung biopsy under local anesthesia?”
I will have a lung biopsy. Can you get a lung biopsy under local anesthesia?
4 Answers
Yes, you can get local anesthesia for a lung biopsy.
Usually not.
Very, very unlikely. I don't do these procedures, so the question is best put to your pulmonary physician. Lung biopsies are obtained most often by doing bronchoscopy, that is, inserting a flexible tube into your windpipe. Usually, patients are either heavily sedated or under anesthesia.
No, would also need at least conscious sedation.
