Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: a safe and effective technique in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease in the older people.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Patients presenting with interstitial lung disease (ILD) are getting older. In the older people, although idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common ILD, the rate of unclassifiable ILD remains high after multidisciplinary discussion (MDD). One explicative factor could be the less frequent use of surgical lung biopsy (SLB) in this population because of its associated risks. Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) is a particularly interesting alternative to SLB in the diagnostic approach of ILD in older people subjects. Our objective was to assess the safety and diagnostic yield of TBLC in older people, as compared to younger patients.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective observational study in patients with ILD who underwent TBLC from 2015

SUBMITTER: Menigoz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12911058 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature