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Background: The cryoprobe is a closed system that can be re-sterilized and reused. It is well established as a safe procedure in taking endobronchial biopsies. Recent reports have risen as an alternative of the traditional forceps methods.
Objective: To assess the diagnostic yield and safety of cryoprobe in patients with endobronchial neoplasms.
Patients and Methods: Thirty patients who underwent bronchoscopy were included in this study at Chest diseases Departments (Endoscopic Unit) of Al -Azhar University Hospitals from August 2018 to August 2020 hospital. Endobronchial biopsies were taken by forceps biopsy and cryobiopsy with ERBE cryo probe from each subject.
Results: Twenty-five patients (83.33%) were diagnosed using cryoprobe biopsy, while 18 patients (60%) were diagnosed with forceps biopsy (P<0.05). Bleeding was the recorded complication in both procedures with no significant difference between them in the incidence of bleeding.
Conclusion: Cryoprobe biopsies were more successful than forceps biopsies in the diagnosis of lung cancer.
DOI
10.21608/amj.2022.212630
Keywords
Cryoprobe Biopsies, Forceps Biopsies, Bronchoscopy, Endobronchial Tumor
Authors
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Shouhdy Taha Ibrahim
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Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University
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Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University
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Mohamed Ali Ewis
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Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University
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Mohamed Ibrahim Tealeb
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Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University
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Al-Azhar Medical Journal
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EVALUATION OF CRYOPROBE BIOPSY IN DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOBRONCHIAL TUMORS