Value of flexible bronchoscopy in the pre-operative work-up of solitary pulmonary nodules

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-182

  Schwarz, Carsten ^a   Schönfeld, Nicolas ^b   Bittner, Roland C ^b   Mairinger, Thomas ^b   Rüssmann, Holger ^b   Bauer, Torsten T ^b   Kaiser, Dirk ^b   Loddenkemper, Robert ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM EMIL VON BEHRING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexible bronchoscopy; Lung cancer; Pre operative evaluation; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

EID: 84872197841     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00018612     Document Type: Article

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