A systematic review of procedural and sampling techniques for cryobiopsy in interstitial lung disease.
Julia A LachowiczNatasha E SmallwoodJyotika D PrasadPurab PatelCatherine VoutierYet Hong KhorDaniel P SteinfortPublished in: European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society (2024)
Patient characteristics and modifiable factors, including procedural methods and anaesthetic techniques, impacted diagnostic yield and safety outcomes of TBLC in people with unclassifiable ILD and contributed to heterogeneity of clinical outcomes. These variables should be considered for individualised clinical decision making and guideline development and warrant routine reporting in future research.