Combination of 1.1 mm flexible cryoprobe with conventional guide sheath and therapeutic bronchoscope in biopsy of apical upper lobe solitary pulmonary nodule

BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is frequently situated peripherally in the upper lobes of the lung. Acquiring adequate tissue from this difficult-to-reach area remains a challenge. Transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBCB) has the ability to acquire larger specimens, but the rigidity of the standard 1.9 mm and 2.4 m...

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Autores principales: Kho, Sze Shyang, Chai, Chan Sin, Nyanti, Larry Ellee, Ismail, Adam Malik bin, Tie, Siew Teck
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7269002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32493437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-01199-3