Improving the diagnostic yield of endobronchial biopsies by flexible cryoprobe in lung cancer– comparison of forceps- and cryoprobe technique

C. Schumann, T. Mattfeldt, M. Hetzel, J. Hetzel, P. M. Lepper, A. Babiak (Ulm, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in interventional pulmonology
Session: Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in interventional pulmonology
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3073
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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