The diagnostic yield of cryobiopsy versus forceps biopsy of malignant endobronchial lesions
Background: In patients with endoscopically visible lesions, flexible bronchoscopy with FB is the most frequently used technique to obtain specimens for pathologic analysis with sensitivity of approximately 74%. The flexible cryoprobe, so far used for cryotherapy and endoluminal tumor debulking, als...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763815301059 |