Chinese medical team supports Burkina Faso’s 1st CT-guided lung biopsy

OUAGADOUGOU, July 8 — Medical staff in Burkina Faso have successfully performed the country’s first CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy at the Tengandogo University Hospital Center in the capital, Ouagadougou, with the help of the 17th batch of the Chinese medical team to the country, a member of the team told Xinhua on Wednesday.

Huang Tieqiu, head of the Chinese medical team, said the procedure marks a breakthrough in the minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases in the West African country, providing local patients with an alternative to conventional open surgical biopsy.