Feasibility and Safety of 1.1‐mm Cryobiopsy for Acute Rejection Surveillance in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Comparative Study and Review of the Literature

Key Points

• To assess the feasibility and safety of 1.1-mm cryobiopsy in monitoring acute rejection in lung transplant recipients.
• Compared 1.1-mm cryobiopsy with traditional forceps biopsy in lung transplant recipients.
• Analyzed histological sample quality and procedural safety.
• Reviewed existing literature on cryobiopsy and lung transplant surveillance.
• Cryobiopsy yielded larger histological samples than forceps biopsy.
• Safety profiles were found to be comparable between both biopsy methods.
• Procedures with cryobiopsy potentially took less time than traditional methods.

Abstract