Comparison between thick and thin bronchoscopes for diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions

Kohei Okafuji (Tokyo, Japan), Kohei Okafuji, Atsushi Kitamura, Hiroshi Nakaoka, Ryosuke Tsugitomi, Tomoyuki Tanigawa, Yutaka Tomishima, Torahiko Jinta, Naoki Nishimura, Tomohide Tamura, Naohiko Chonabayashi

Source: International Congress 2016 – Transbronchial diagnostics: from ILD to pheripheral lesions
Session: Transbronchial diagnostics: from ILD to pheripheral lesions
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4676
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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