Open AccessA Randomized Controlled Trial of Electrocoagulation-Enabled Biopsy versus Conventional Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Endobronchial Lesions
Author(s) -
Ajmal Khan,
Ashutosh N. Aggarwal,
Ritesh Agarwal,
Amanjit Bal,
Dheeraj Gupta
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000320262
Subject(s) - medicine , electrocoagulation , biopsy , randomized controlled trial , surgery , forceps , bronchoscopy , electrosurgery , radiology
Although electrocoagulation at time of endobronchial biopsy can potentially reduce procedure-related bleeding during fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB), it can also impair quality of tissue specimen; credible data for either are lacking.
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