Extract
Transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBCB) is one of the most important procedures for assessment of patients with suspected interstitial lung disease (ILD), when diagnosis cannot be made based on clinical and radiological assessments [1–4]. Recent reports suggested that TBCB may offer diagnostic value approaching that of surgical lung biopsy [5, 6].
Abstract
Cone beam CT (CBCT) can provide 3-dimensional images enabling accurate positioning of cryoprobe. CBCT-guided transbronchial cryobiopsy had a favourable safety profile with low risks of pneumothorax and significant bleeding, with excellent diagnostic yield. https://bit.ly/2WF0SPF
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: G. Zhou has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Y. Ren has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: J. Li has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: T. Yang has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: N. Su has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: L. Zhao has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: D. Wang has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Y. Li has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Z. Tian has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: R. Liu has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: H. Dai has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: C. Wang has nothing to disclose.
Support statement: This study was supported by National Key Technologies R & D Program Precision Medicine Research (number 2016YFC0901101), CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (CIFMS, number 2018-12M-1-001), Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (number 2019PT320021), and Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (Z161100000516090). Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry.
- Received January 14, 2020.
- Accepted March 19, 2020.
- Copyright ©ERS 2020
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