A New Tool for Transbronchial Cryobiopsies in the Lung: An Experimental Feasibility ex vivo Study
Author(s) -
Karl-Josef Franke,
Walter Linzenbold,
Daniela Nuessle,
Markus D. Enderle,
Hans Boesmueller,
Georg Nilius,
Jürgen Hetzel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000443990
Subject(s) - medicine , forceps , bronchoscopy , ex vivo , biopsy , sampling (signal processing) , radiology , lung , nuclear medicine , animal study , surgery , in vivo , microbiology and biotechnology , filter (signal processing) , biology , computer science , computer vision
Transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBCB) is a minimally invasive procedure to establish a diagnosis of interstitial lung disease though with the disadvantage that samples have to be extracted together with the bronchoscope.
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