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Transbronchial biopsy from the upper pulmonary lobes is associated with increased risk of pneumothorax – a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Pneumothorax (PTX) is one of the most common complications of transbronchial biopsy (TBB). Previous research suggests that upper pulmonary lobe TBB may be associated with increased risk of PTX development. The aim of this study was to compare the risk of PTX after TBB performed from diff...

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Autores principales: Herout, Vladimir, Heroutova, Michaela, Merta, Zdenek, Jr, Ivan Cundrle, Brat, Kristian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6397442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30823915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-019-0820-z