Lung biopsy.

Imaged thoracoscopic lung biopsy.

Imaged thoracoscopic surgery is a technique utilized to operate on the intrathoracic organs without making a formal thoracotomy incision. Eleven patients underwent lung biopsy with this procedure and each had markedly reduced postoperative pain. Each patient resumed preoperative activity levels within one week of discharge from the hospital. Besides thoracotomy and thoracoscopy, imaged thoracos...

Transbronchial Lung Biopsy

Transbronchial Lung biopsy (TBBx) also known as “Bronchoscopic Lung Biopsy” is one of the most important sampling procedures performed during fl exible bronchoscopy. In majority of cases, TBBx is performed under conscious sedation in an outpatient setting. TBBx is performed for obtaining tissue specimen from peripheral lung masses and focal or diffuse lung in fi ltrates. The technique is useful...

Findings in Lung Biopsy Tissue

At cardiac catheterization, 93 pulmonary wedge angiograms were performed in 85 patients with congenital heart defects. The pulmonary wedge angiogram was quantitatively analyzed and the findings were compared with hemodynamic features and morphometric assessment of lung biopsy tissue when available (27 patients). A pulmonary wedge catheter was directed into the right or left lower lobe to the or...

Complications in Transbronchial Lung Biopsy

Lung biopsy in mitral stenosis.

The recent development of intrathoracic operations upon patients with mitral stenosis has provided an opportunity to study by biopsy the changes in the hearts and lungs of these patients at a time when, although the disease is fully established, the general condition is still good. Since, in addition, the specimens are fixed immediately, all suspicion that the appearances seen are terminal or a...