Diagnostic yield of transbronchial cryobiopsy in interstitial lung disease: A randomized trial
                    
                    
                    Por:
                    Pajares, V, Puzo, C, Castillo, D, Lerma, E, Montero, MA, Ramos-Barbon, D, Amor-Carro, O, de Bernabe, AG, Franquet, T, Plaza, V, Hetzel, J, Sanchis, J, Torrego, A
                    
                     
                    Publicada:
                    1 ago 2014
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                     
                    
                        Resumen:
                         
                        Background and objective: Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) is required for evaluation in selected patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). The diagnostic yield of histopathologic assessment is variable and is influenced by factors such as the size of samples and the presence of crush artefacts left by conventional biopsy forceps. We compared the diagnostic yield and safety of TBLB with cryoprobe sampling versus conventional forceps sampling.
 Methods: This randomized clinical trial analysed data for 77 patients undergoing TBLB for evaluation of ILD; patients were assigned to either a conventional-forceps group or a cryoprobe group. Two pathologists assessed the tissue samples and agreed on histopathologic diagnoses. We also compared the duration of procedures, complications and sample-quality variables.
 Results: The most frequent diagnosis observed in the cryoprobe group was non-specific interstitial pneumonia. Histopathologic diagnoses were identified in more cases in the cryoprobe group (74.4%) than in the conventional-forceps group (34.1%) (P < 0.001), and the diagnostic yield was higher in the cryoprobe group (51.3% vs 29.1% in the conventional forceps group; P = 0.038). A larger mean area of tissue was harvested by cryoprobe (14.7 +/- 11 mm(2)) than by conventional forceps (3.3 +/- 4.1 mm(2)) (P < 0.001). More grade 2 bleeding (not statistically significant) occurred in the cryoprobe group (56.4%) than in the conventional-forceps group (34.2%). No differences in other complications were observed.
 Conclusions: TBLB by cryoprobe is safe and potentially useful in the diagnosis of ILD. Larger multisite randomized trials are required to confirmthe potential benefits of this procedure.
                         
                     
                    
                         
                    
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                            Pajares, V:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Resp Med, Biomed Res Inst Sant Pau IIb Sant Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain
   Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain 
                        
                            
                            Puzo, C:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Resp Med, Biomed Res Inst Sant Pau IIb Sant Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                            
                            Castillo, D:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Resp Med, Biomed Res Inst Sant Pau IIb Sant Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                            
                            Lerma, E:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Pathol, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                            
                            Montero, MA:
                               Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, Dept Histopathol, London, England 
                        
                            
                            Ramos-Barbon, D:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Resp Med, Biomed Res Inst Sant Pau IIb Sant Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                            
                            Amor-Carro, O:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Resp Med, Biomed Res Inst Sant Pau IIb Sant Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                            
                            de Bernabe, AG:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Anaesthesiol, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                            
                            Franquet, T:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Radiol, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                            
                            Plaza, V:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Resp Med, Biomed Res Inst Sant Pau IIb Sant Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                            
                            Hetzel, J:
                               Univ Tubingen, Dept Internal Med 2, Tubingen, Germany 
                        
                            
                            Sanchis, J:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Resp Med, Biomed Res Inst Sant Pau IIb Sant Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                            
                            Torrego, A:
                               Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Dept Resp Med, Biomed Res Inst Sant Pau IIb Sant Pau, Barcelona 08025, Spain 
                        
                        
                    
                    
                        
                     
                 
                
                
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