Comparison of transbronchial lung biopsy yield between standard forceps and electrocautery hot forceps in swine

Respiration

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-140

  Wahidi, Momen M ^a   Shofer, Scott L ^a   Sporn, Thomas A ^b   Ernst, Armin ^c  

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Electrocautery; Transbronchial lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCEPS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; LUNG; SWINE;

EID: 71849104420     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235818     Document Type: Article

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