An Australian study presented at the 2019 ERS Congress has shown high levels of agreement between transbronchial lung cryobiopsy and surgical lung biopsy for ILD diagnosis. Although cryobiopsy has already been adopted in many centres, the findings support its clinical utility as an alternative to surgery in patients requiring lung tissue for their ILD diagnosis. ...
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Cryobiopsy: good diagnostic accuracy in ILD
By Mardi Chapman
8 Oct 2019