Early Pneumatocele Identification Post-Robotic Assisted Bronchoscopy Cryobiopsy: A Case Series Experience.
Arvind BalavenkataramanAna Garza SalasAlanna Barrios RuizPrasanth BalasubramanianSebastian Fernandez-BussyDavid Abia TrujilloPublished in: Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases (2024)
The development of pneumatoceles appears to be a fairly frequent and benign occurrence following cryobiopsy, likely due to increased tissue destruction. The increased use of intraoperative 3D fluoroscopy is likely to highlight changes to the pulmonary parenchyma that were previously not known. The occurrence of pneumatoceles does not appear to adversely impact the safety or tolerability profile of cryobiopsy.