The role of surgical lung biopsy in the management of interstitial lung disease: Experience from a single institution in the UK

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 253-257

  Blackhall, Vivienne ^a   Asif, Mohammed ^a   Renieri, Alessandra ^b   Civitelli, Serenella ^b   Kirk, Alan ^a   Jilaihawi, Ali ^a   Granato, Felice ^a,b  

^a GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Interstitial lung disease; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPLER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84880569628     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt217     Document Type: Article

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