Transbronchial cryobiopsy for diffuse parenchymal lung disease: A state-of-the-art review of procedural techniques, current evidence, and future challenges

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2186-2203

  Lentz, Robert J ^a   Christine Argento, A ^b   Colby, Thomas V ^c   Rickman, Otis B ^a   Maldonado, Fabien ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopic surgical procedures; Bronchoscopy; Interstitial; Lung diseases

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOPROBE; DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG VENTILATION; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TRANSBRONCHIAL CRYOBIOPSY;

EID: 85026473943     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2017.06.96     Document Type: Review

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