Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020 Rationale and background The use of flexible forceps for transbronchial lung biopsy is the most commonly applied technique in the approach of diagnosis of diseases diffusely involving the lung parenchyma.
Sabah A.M Hussein +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound relative to surgical staging in potentially resectable lung cancer: results from the ASTER randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2012 Copyright @ Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2012. This work was produced by Sharples et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health.Objective: To assess the clinical effectiveness and cost ...
E Wheaton +37 more
core +1 more source
Outcome of Transbronchial Lung Biopsy for Patients with Respiratory Symptoms
Advanced Medical Journal, 2023 Background and objectives: Transbronchial lung biopsy was introduced into clinical practice as a diagnostic procedure in the evaluation of diffuse lung diseases and it is relatively noninvasive and safe to obtain tissue lung biopsies.
Hadi Mohammed +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Using Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle
Case Reports in Medicine, 2021 Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial biopsy has emerged as an excellent tool in diagnosing lung cancer. However, its use to diagnose lymphoma has been questioned, since the gold standard for diagnosing lymphomas is an excisional biopsy of ...
Abdullah Fahad Almsareer +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Updates in using a molecular classifier to identify usual interstitial pneumonia in conventional transbronchial lung biopsy samples. [PDF]
Breathe (Sheff), 2020 A molecular classifier using a machine-learning algorithm based on genomic data could provide an objective method to aid clinicians and multidisciplinary teams to establish the diagnosis of IPF in less-invasive transbronchial lung biopsy samples https ...
Crespo A +3 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Airway Management of Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy: What is Different in a Paediatric Patient?
Airway, 2020 Various modalities such as cryoprobe-transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB)/transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) have been described for lung biopsy procedure. However, anaesthetic concerns related to periprocedural planning for paediatric TBLC have not been
Shilpi Agarwal +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Population-based estimates of transbronchial lung biopsy utilization and complications [PDF]
, 2012 SummaryBackgroundLittle is known about trends in the utilization or complication rates of transbronchial lung biopsy, particularly in community hospitals.MethodsWe used the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Florida State Inpatient and State ...
Tukey, Melissa H. +1 more
core +1 more source
Adequacy of biopsy samples for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) molecular testing in lung adenocarcinoma [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021 Background/Aim. Adenocarcinoma of the lung is the most common histological type of lung cancer. The most reliable method in detecting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations is real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Tegeltija Dragana +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 We present the case of an asymptomatic woman, a chronic heavy smoker, who presented with an incidental lung mass and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
Asghar Ali +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Diagnostics, 2023 Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer type in Taiwan and worldwide. Early detection and treatment advancements have improved survival. However, small peripheral pulmonary nodules (PPN) biopsy is often challenging, relying solely on bronchoscopy with ...
Lun-Che Chen +7 more
doaj +1 more source