The preceding study modelled transbronchial cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung disease with the 1.7 mm Erbe flexible cryoprobe. Here we repeat it for the 1.1 mm probe with a 3 mm metallic tip, changing nothing else, and ask a single question: how much diagnostic yield does the smaller probe c...
read more →In this simulation study, a 1.7 mm Erbe flexible cryoprobe (20402-410) is advanced into the lung periphery to sample parenchyma for diffuse parenchymal lung disease. Unlike in a solid-nodule biopsy, the target is not a water-like mass. It is a two-phase foam: alveolar air plus a thin, continuous ...
read more →An Erbe cryoprobe with an outer diameter of 1.1 mm (radius \(a = 0.55\) mm) and a 3 mm long metal contact tip is advanced into a peripheral lung nodule. The probe is cooled by Joule-Thomson expansion of \(CO_2\); the tip surface falls to roughly \(-80\,^\circ\)C within a second or two. Tissue in ...
read more →Draw \(B\) random samples with replacement from your data. Compute the statistic on each. The distribution of \(B\) results approximates the sampling distribution — no formula required.
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