Diagnostic value of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration without an on-site cytopathologist: Experience of 363 procedures

Abdulsamet Sandal (Ankara, Turkey), Ozge Ozturk, Abdulsamet Sandal, Sevilay Karahan, Berrin Er, Sevgen Onder, Deniz Koksal, Emin Maden, Salih Emri

Source: International Congress 2015 – Sedation and educational issues in bronchoscopy: basic bronchoscopic techniques
Session: Sedation and educational issues in bronchoscopy: basic bronchoscopic techniques
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 313
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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