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Pneumologie 2016; 70(03): 205-210
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-100551
Original Paper
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Diagnostic Gain from Surgical Biopsy for Interstitial Lung Disease – When is it Worth the Risk?

Diagnostischer Zugewinn der offenen Lungenbiopsie bei interstitiellen Lungenerkankungen – wann ist das Risiko gerechtfertigt?

Authors

  • C. Biancosino

    1   Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
    2   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios Klinikum Wuppertal, University Hospital Witten/Herdecke, Wuppertal, Germany
  • L. Welker

    3   Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Center for Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery, Grosshansdorf, Germany
  • M. Krüger

    1   Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
  • S. Bölükbas

    2   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios Klinikum Wuppertal, University Hospital Witten/Herdecke, Wuppertal, Germany
  • I. Bittmann

    4   Institute of Pathology, Clinic Rotenburg, Rotenburg, Germany
  • D. Kirsten

    3   Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Center for Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery, Grosshansdorf, Germany