Experimental study on biopsy sampling using new flexible cryoprobes: Influence of activation time, probe size, tissue consistency, and contact pressure of the probe on the size of the biopsy specimen

Lung

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-259

  Franke, Karl Josef ^a   Szyrach, Mara ^b   Nilius, Georg ^a   Hetzel, Jürgen ^c   Hetzel, Martin ^d   Ruehle, Karl Heinz ^a   Enderle, Markus D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Cryobiopsy; Cryorecanalization; Cryotherapy; Lung cancer; Tracheobronchial obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; COW; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORCEPS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CATTLE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GASTRIC MUCOSA; LIVER; LUNG; PLIABILITY; PRESSURE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68349092779     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-009-9156-4     Document Type: Article

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