Usefulness of High Suction Pressure for Sufficient Tissue Collection During Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Takayuki Shiroyama; Norio Okamoto; Hidekazu Suzuki; Motohiro Tamiya; Tadahiro Yamadori; Naoko Morishita; Tomoyuki Otsuka; Satomu Morita; Kanako Kurata; Akira Okimura; Kunimitsu Kawahara; Shinji Sasada; Tomonori Hirashima; Ichiro Kawase

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082787

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Usefulness of High Suction Pressure for Sufficient Tissue Collection During Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Takayuki Shiroyama ,

* E-mail: takayuki.s12@hotmail.co.jp

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Norio Okamoto,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Hidekazu Suzuki,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Motohiro Tamiya,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Tadahiro Yamadori,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Naoko Morishita,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Tomoyuki Otsuka,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Satomu Morita,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Kanako Kurata,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Akira Okimura,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Steel Memorial Hirohata Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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Kunimitsu Kawahara,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Shinji Sasada,

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, Respiratory Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Tomonori Hirashima,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Ichiro Kawase

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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Usefulness of High Suction Pressure for Sufficient Tissue Collection During Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Takayuki Shiroyama,
Norio Okamoto,
Hidekazu Suzuki,
Motohiro Tamiya,
Tadahiro Yamadori,
Naoko Morishita,
Tomoyuki Otsuka,
Satomu Morita,
Kanako Kurata,
Akira Okimura

Published: December 5, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082787

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