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Flexible bronchoscopy-guided vocal cord biopsy under conscious sedation: An option to surgical biopsy in special situations

INTRODUCTION: Vocal cord (VC) biopsies are usually performed with rigid laryngoscopy under general anesthesia (GA). In patients with comorbidities such as cardiovascular or pulmonary disease, the risk of GA is high, with morbidity and potential mortality. We describe VC biopsy (VCB) in such a high-r...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Ravindra M, Singla, Abhinav, Biraris, Pavankumar, Srinivas, Sheelu, Srinivasan, Lakshmipriya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6503726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31031338
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_326_18