[Videothorascopic lung biopsy--diagnostic yield of one biopsy sample].
OBJECTIVE
The authors evaluate in a retrospective study the diagnostic yield of videothorascopic (VTS) biopsy of the lungs and evaluate the representativeness of one wedge-shaped bioptic specimen of the lungs collected by an endoscopic device according to HRCT, and the macroscopic finding on operation.


METHODS
Based on the indication of a pneumologist in 1993-1999 210 patients were subjected to VTS pulmonary biopsy when all non-invasive diagnostic methods had been exhausted.


RESULTS
The bioptic specimens gave diagnostic yields in 202 cases (96.2%), the most frequent histological finding included idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis.


CONCLUSIONS
From the results ensues that collection of one sufficiently large and aimed bioptic specimen leads to a correct diagnosis in a high percentage of cases.
Hamzík
J
J
Centrum hrudníkovej chirurgie, Vysné Hágy, Slovenská republika.
Rindos
R
R
Havelka
V
V
Láska
M
M
Piovarci
D
D
Brndiar
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014741:Video Recording