Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy: Indications, Diagnostic Yield and Complications
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Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the teaching hospital. Yield and complications.
We have prospectively analyzed the accuracy of and the rate of complications in 205 consecutive flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic procedures, as performed us the setting of a teaching hospital. The objectives of the procedure were achieved in 89 percent of the cases, but the yield varied widely among 12 diagnostic and therapeutic subgroups. Except in the case of the peripheral nodule, a maligna...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.11122