Ultrathin bronchoscopy as an adjunct to standard bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions: A preliminary report

Respiration

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-68

  Rooney, Cyril P ^a   Wolf, Kurt ^a   McLennan, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy, ultrathin; Lung lesion, peripheral; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG INJURY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036174923     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049372     Document Type: Article

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