Research Article
Feasibility and Safety of Pleuroscopic Cryobiopsy of the Pleura: A Prospective Study
Table 3
The diagnostic yield, size, and quality of samples and complications.
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Nil bleeding: slight, self-limited; mild bleeding: needing bosmin injection; moderate to severe: needing coagulation or APC. value of diagnostic yield: close pleural biopsy versus flexible forceps biopsy: <0.0001; close pleural biopsy versus cryoprobe biopsy: <0.0001; close pleural biopsy versus cytology cell block: 0.929; flexible forceps biopsy versus cryoprobe biopsy: 0.017. value of IHC stain: close pleural biopsy versus flexible forceps biopsy: <0.0001; close pleural biopsy versus cryoprobe biopsy: <0.0001; close pleural biopsy versus cytology cell block: 0.998; flexible forceps biopsy versus cryoprobe biopsy: 0.001. value of size: close pleural biopsy versus flexible forceps biopsy: <0.0001; close pleural biopsy versus cryoprobe biopsy: <0.0001; flexible forceps biopsy versus cryoprobe biopsy: <0.0001. |