Open-lung biopsy in patients with undiagnosed lung lesions referred at a tertiary cancer center is safe and reveals noncancerous, noninfectious entities as the most common diagnoses. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2013;32:101-5.Georgiadou SP, Sampsonas FL, Rice D, Granger JM, Swisher S, ...
Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) is an attractive alternative to open lung biopsy as an initial diagnostic procedure for patients with diffuse parenchymal... MZP Anaraki,E Safavi,SF Bakhsh,... - 《Tehran University Medical Journal》 被引量: 0发表: 2002年 Diagnostic thoracoscopic lung biopsy: an...
BOSTON - Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a Boston hospital is offering a new approach that allows patients to get diagnosed and treated in one trip to the operating room. A "tiny spot" on the lung Former Boston C...
Patients with RD undergoing OLB procedures may suffer a poorer outcome. Urgent OLB may not benefit patients with DPI in decision making. The biopsy site does not appear to affect the accuracy of the diagnostic yield from an OLB procedure. 展开 ...
Open Lung Biopsy (Limited Thoracotomy) Your doctor will usually only suggest this type of biopsy when other methods can't get cell samples. As with a thoracoscopic lung biopsy, you won't be awake for this procedure. Your surgeon makes a larger cut than in other methods, which may run from...
(85 patients). C-ROSE was carried out in these three groups. Sampling was performed by transbronchial lung biopsy. The diagnostic yield, complications, procedure time and operative blood loss were observed.Results:The di...
[Abstract]Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF) is the most common type of idiopathic interstitial lung diseases and has the worst prognosis.Early diagnosis and early treatment are the key measures to improve the patients′ prognoses.Lung biopsy is usually required to assist diagnosis when the findings ...
lung biopsies bronchoscopically, using a flexible cryoprobe.The purpose of this study was to show the feasibility of using a cryoprobe to obtain lung biopsies during flexible bronchoscopy.Forty-one patients with radiographic signs of diffuse lung disease were selected for transbronchial biopsy. During...
Here, we aim to evaluate the diagnostic performance of mNGS in patients suspected of having a local pulmonary infection by comparing the traditional pathogen detection methods in specimens of lung tissue obtained by a CT-guided lung biopsy. In addition, we also evaluate the diagnostic performance of...
Blood testing that can help your physician identify the next steps for handling the nodule in your lung, balancing the pros and cons of active CT scan surveillance versus a diagnostic procedure like a biopsy or surgery. Learn More Treatment guidance testing for lung cancer treatment decisions ...