Objective To investigate the advantages and disadvantages of percutaneous bone marrow puncture biopsy guided by automatic laser navigation and free-hand percutaneous bone marrow biopsy guided by CT.Methods Seventy patients with bone marrow biopsy at the department of nuclear medicine in this hos-pital from January to June 2022 were selected as the study subjects and divided into the laser navigation group (bone marrow biopsy guided by automatic laser navigation,n=30) and free-hand puncture group (percutane-ous bone marrow biopsy guided by CT,n=40) based on different guidance methods.The duration of the pro-cedure,total radiation dose,total number of scans,positive rate of bone lesion biopsy and puncture complica-tions occurrence were compared between the two groups.Results Compared to the free-hand puncture group,the operation duration in the laser navigation group was shorter[11.00(7.00,13.00)min vs. 13.00(11.00,17.75)min],the total radiation dose was lower[439.00(291.00,568.75)mGy vs. 510.00(431.25,708.50) mGy],total number of scans was less[4.50(3.00,6.00)times vs. 6.00(5.00,7.00)times],and the differ-ences were statistically significant (P<0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in the positive rate of bone lesion biopsy between the laser navigation group and free-hand puncture group[96.67%(29/30) vs. 85.00%(34/40),P>0.05].No puncture complications occurred in both groups.Conclusion Automatic laser navigation could assist the operators to better complete percutaneous bone marrow biopsy procedures.
automatic laser navigationpercutaneous bone marrow puncture biopsytotal radiation dosetimenumber of scans