University of Rome La Sapienza
Endobronchial ultrasound-driven biopsy used to diagnose peripheral lung lesions
Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, February 14th, 2006
"The aim of our study was to compare the diagnostic yield of two bronchoscopic procedures: EBUS-TBB and transbronchial biopsy (TBB) in peripheral pulmonary lesions," scientists writing in the journal Chest reported.
"We examined 799 patients with peripheral lung lesions using bronchoscopy. Patients who could undergo a complete clinical diagnostic follow-up (n=293) were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to EBUS-TBB or TBB. We performed these two procedures on 221 patients (97 EBUS-TBB and 124 TBB). Patients in whom...
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