Cryoprobe biopsy increases the diagnostic yield in endobronchial tumor lesions

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 417-421

  Schumann, Christian ^a   Hetzel, Jürgen ^b   Babiak, Alexander J ^b   Merk, Tobias ^c   Wibmer, Thomas ^a   Möller, Peter ^a   Lepper, Philipp M ^d   Hetzel, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CB; cryobiopsy; FB; forceps biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOBIOPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CRYOSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955443684     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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