Retrospective analysis of technical success rate and procedure-related complications of 867 percutaneous CT-guided needle biopsies of lung lesions.

•CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy has 87.2% technical success rate.•25.7% were associated with pneumothorax, and 6.5% required chest tube placement.•Smaller lesion and longer biopsy distance were associated with chest tube placement.•A post-procedural chest x-ray within hours after lung biopsy is highly recommended.