Introducing transbronchial cryobiopsies in diagnosing diffuse parenchymal lung diseases in Greece: Implementing training into clinical practice.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLD) constitute a heterogeneous group of disorders, sometimes requiring surgical lung biopsies (SLB) to obtain a definite diagnosis. Transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBCB) is a new promising interventional bronchoscopic method of obtaini...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Samitas, Lykourgos Kolilekas, Ioannis Vamvakaris, Charalampos Gkogkou, Petros Filippousis, Mina Gaga, Eleftherios Zervas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217554