Cryobiopsy increases the diagnostic yield of endobronchial biopsy: A multicentre trial

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 685-690

  Hetzel, J ^a   Eberhardt, R ^b   Herth, F J F ^b   Petermann, C ^c   Reichle, G ^d   Freitag, L ^d   Dobbertin, I ^e   Franke, K J ^f   Stanzel, F ^g   Beyer, T ^h   Moller P ⁱ   Fritz, P ^j   Ott, G ^j   Schnabel, P A ^k   Kastendieck, H ^c   Lang, W ^l   Morresi Hauf, A T ^g   Szyrach, M N ^m   Muche, R ⁿ   Shah, P L ^o   Babiak, A ^p   Hetzel, M ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Asklepios Clinic Harburg   (Germany)

^d Dept of Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Surgery   (Germany)

^e Centre of Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Surgery   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^g Asklepios Clinic Gauting GmbH   (Germany)

^h Lung Clinic Ballenstedt/Harz GmbH   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^j ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^k Thoraxklinik Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

^l Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^m ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^o ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p Dept of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Cryobiopsy; Diagnostic yield; Endobronchial biopsy; Forceps; Multicentre; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84858664997     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00033011     Document Type: Article

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