The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Page 488 , August 2010

Reply to the Editor

  • Christian Schumann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Jürgen Hetzel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, 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

References 

  1. Medford ARL. Theoretical cost benefits of cryobiopsy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010;140:487–488
  2. Schumann C, Hetzel J, Babiak AJ, Merk T, Wibmer T, Moller P, et al. Cryoprobe biopsy increases the diagnostic yield in endobronchial tumor lesions. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 10 March 2010;[Epub ahead of print]

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.04.021

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Page 488 , August 2010