Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery wedge lung biopsy in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Apr;129(4):947-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.08.027.

Authors

Gaetano Rocco¹, Mohamed Khalil, Rajesh Jutley

Affiliation

¹ Price-Thomas Thoracic Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom. [email protected]

PMID: 15821673
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.08.027

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / pathology
Biopsy / instrumentation
Biopsy / methods*
Female
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / pathology
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / pathology
Lung / pathology*
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / pathology*
Lymphangitis / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / pathology
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / instrumentation
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*