Open AccessMedical thoracoscopic lung biopsy in undiagnosed non-UIP-DPLD: diagnostic yield, complication rate, and cost-effectiveness, a single-experience study in Egypt
Author(s) -
UsamaE Abuelhassan,
Yosri Akl,
Ali Elhendway,
Mohamed Elnady,
Hanan Moussa,
Eman M. Nagiub Abdelsalam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
egyptian journal of chest diseases and tuberculosis/egyptian journal of chest diseases and tuberculosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-9950
pISSN - 0422-7638
DOI - 10.4103/ejcdt.ejcdt_112_19
Subject(s) - medicine , idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , usual interstitial pneumonia , interstitial lung disease , idiopathic interstitial pneumonia , pulmonary function testing , lung biopsy , exacerbation , radiology , honeycombing , lung , surgery