He, Shuzhen
Xie, Lihua
Liu, Jianming
Zou, Lijun
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82070048, 82070048)
the special project for the construction of the innovative province in Hunan Province (2022ZK4123, 2022ZK4123)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2023
Accepted: 15 May 2023
First Online: 9 June 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the the Ethics Committee of the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (approval number: R22029).All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests. The single-use, flexible bronchoscopes were provided free of charge for use by VathinĀ®, with no input in the study design, analysis or manuscript drafting.