The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 417-421, August 2010

Cryoprobe biopsy increases the diagnostic yield in endobronchial tumor lesions

  • Christian Schumann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Christian Schumann, MD, University of Ulm, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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  • Jürgen Hetzel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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  • Alexander J. Babiak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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  • Tobias Merk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinics of Pneumology and Internal Medicine, Red Cross Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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  • Thomas Wibmer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Peter Möller, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Philipp M. Lepper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, University Hospital of Bern (Inselspital) and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Martin Hetzel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinics of Pneumology and Internal Medicine, Red Cross Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Received 12 October 2009; received in revised form 21 November 2009; accepted 13 December 2009. published online 12 March 2010.

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 Disclosures: C.S., P.L., T.M., T.W., and P.M. have nothing to declare; M.H., A.B., and J.H. received lecture grants from ERBE, Tuebingen, Germany.

 C.S. and J.H. contributed equally to the manuscript.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01634-1

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.028

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 417-421, August 2010

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