Evaluation of safety and diagnostic yield of pleural cryobiopsies during thoracoscopy

Abstract Background Biopsies using cryoprobe are now widely used in interventional pulmonology. There are only few data available on the use of cryotechnique through rigid thoracoscopy. Aim The aim of this work was to evaluate the diagnostic yield and safety of pleural cryobiopsies using rigid thora...

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Main Authors: Mona M. Ahmed, Samar H. AlSharkawy, Amr M. Shoukri, Yousra T. AbouBakr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-02-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejb.ejb_48_18