Open AccessDiagnostic approach in parenchymal lung diseases: transbronchial lung biopsy or cryobiopsy?
Author(s) -
Ali Kadri Çırak,
Nuran Katgı,
Onur Fevzi Erer,
Pınar Çimen,
Fatma Fevziye Tuksavul,
Burçin Hakoğlu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-1910-47
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , pneumothorax , lung biopsy , radiology , parenchyma , biopsy , concomitant , gold standard (test) , surgery , pathology
Diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases requires a multidisciplinary approach, and a gold standard for histological diagnosis is open lung biopsy. Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) and in recent years an alternative method, cryobiopsy (TBLC), are used for the diagnosis of parenchymal lung lesions. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of concomitant conventional TBLB and TBLC.