Prospective Controlled Animal Study on Biopsy Sampling with New Flexible Cryoprobes versus Forceps: Evaluation of Biopsy Size, Histological Quality and Bleeding Risk

Franke, Karl-Josef; Theegarten, Dirk; Hann von Weyhern, Claus; Nilius, Georg; BRUECKNER, C.; Hetzel, Jürgen; Hetzel, Martin; Rühle, Karl-Heinz; D. Enderle, Markus; N.I. Szyrach, Mara

doi:10.1159/000287251

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Prospective Controlled Animal Study on Biopsy Sampling with New Flexible Cryoprobes versus Forceps: Evaluation of Biopsy Size, Histological Quality and Bleeding Risk

Published in Respiration • Jan 1, 2010

Authors:

Karl-Josef Franke

Dirk Theegarten

Claus Hann von Weyhern

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cryoextraction is a procedure used for the recanalization of obstructed airways caused by visible exophytic endobronchial tumor. Biopsy samples obtained by this technique have been shown to be useful for histological assessment. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present animal study was to syst...

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Medicine

Biopsy

Forceps

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