Transbronchial biopsy after lung transplantation

Delayed pneumothorax after transbronchial lung biopsy.

The complication and mortality rate associated with fibreoptic bronchoscopy and transbronchial lung biopsy are low.' 2 Pneumothorax has been reported to occur after about 5% of transbronchial lung biopsies and is the most common complication of the procedure.3 Many extensive reviews of fibreoptic bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy, however, make no mention of the occurrence of delayed pneu...

Prospective study of the value of transbronchial lung biopsy after lung transplantation.

Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBB) has become the gold standard for the diagnosis of acute rejection and cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia in lung transplant recipients. The aim of this study was to assess the value of regular surveillance TBB in stable asymptomatic patients and to establish the role of TBB as a follow-up procedure 1 month after a previous pathological biopsy result. We prospective...

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...

Complications in Transbronchial Lung Biopsy

[Transbronchial lung biopsy using cryoprobes].

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) is a bronchoscopy procedure used to obtain peripheral lung tissue. Small size samples and artefacts lead to variable, and usually poor, diagnostic yield. The use of cryoprobes may enable larger size and better quality biopsy samples to be obtained. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of TBLB with cryoprobes and an...