Conventional Biopsy Techniques

The term “conventional biopsy techniques” implies all those traditional sampling techniques that can be used without adopting the latest technology. Even if the diagnostic possibilities and sensitivity of bronchoscopy have greatly increased by the recent advent of new technological tools, the use of conventional biopsy techniques remains relevantly unchanged and allows the pulmonologist to successfully approach a high percentage of endobronchial, pulmonary and mediastinal lesions for diagnostic purposes.