Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease: Comparison between Biopsy from 1 Segment and Biopsy from 2 Segments - Diagnostic Yield and Complications
Author(s) -
Claudia Ravaglia,
Athol U. Wells,
Sara Tomassetti,
Alessandra Dubini,
Alberto Cavazza,
Sara Piciucchi,
Nicola Sverzellati,
Carlo Gurioli,
Christian Gurioli,
Ulrich Costabel,
Paola Tantalocco,
Jay H. Ryu,
Marco Chilosi,
Venerino Poletti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000456671
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , lung , sampling (signal processing) , radiology , parenchyma , lung biopsy , bronchoscopy , pathology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy is an innovative method of obtaining samples from the parenchyma of patients with diffuse parenchymal lung diseases. However, the technique is not yet standardized, and uncertainty exists about the optimal protocol, including the number of samples, the biopsy size, and the choice of the biopsy site.
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