Angle forceps used for transbronchial biopsy in which standard forceps are difficult to manipulate: A comparative study

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 725-733

  Sasada, Shinji ^a   Ogata, Yoshitaka ^b   Kobayashi, Masashi ^a   Hirashima, Tomonori ^a   Kawahara, Kunimitsu ^a   Matsui, Kaoru ^a   Kawase, Ichiro ^b  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angled forceps; Peripheral pulmonary lesions; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL PULMONARY LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SASADA TRANSBRONCHIAL ANGLED FORCEPS; TECHNIQUE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645128887     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.3.725     Document Type: Article

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