Kirsten A Kalverda, Maarten K Ninaber, Lizzy Wijmans, Jan von der Thüsen, René E Jonkers, Johannes M Daniels, Jelle R Miedema, Chris Dickhoff, Jürgen Hölters, David Heineman, Merijn Kant, Teodora Radonic, Ghada Shahin, Danielle Cohen, Bart Boerrigter, Suzan Nijman, Esther Nossent, Jerry Braun, Bas Mathot, Venerino Poletti, Jürgen Hetzel, Marcel Dijkgraaf, Daniel A Korevaar, Peter I Bonta, Jouke T Annema
BACKGROUND: An adequate diagnosis for interstitial lung disease (ILD) is important for clinical decision making and prognosis. In most patients with ILD, an accurate diagnosis can be made by clinical and radiological data assessment, but in a considerable proportion of patients, a lung biopsy is required. Surgical lung biopsy (SLB) is the most common method to obtain tissue, but it is associated with high morbidity and even mortality. More recently, transbronchial cryobiopsy has been introduced, with fewer adverse events but a lower diagnostic yield than SLB...
April 16, 2024: Lancet Respiratory Medicine