Transbronchial needle aspiration cytology of endobronchial abnormalities: does it increase the positivity rates of bronchoscopy

• Egile Nagusiak: B Thapa (Egilea), R Sapkota (Egilea), KR Shrestha (Egilea), P Sayami (Egilea), G Sayami (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Association of Clinical Pathologists of Nepal, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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<p><strong>Background: </strong>Negative results in bronchoscopic sampling techniques increase costs and delay treatment. We analyzed if addition of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) increases the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy.</p> <p><strong>Materials an...