Diagnostic outcomes of robotic-assisted bronchoscopy for pulmonary lesions in a real-world multicenter community setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Robot-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB) is among the newest bronchoscopic technologies, allowing improved visualization and access for small and hard-to-reach nodules. RAB studies have primarily been conducted at academic centers, limiting the generalizability of results to the broader real-world setting, while variability in diagnostic yield definitions has impaired the validity of cross-study comparisons. The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic yield and sensitivity for malignancy of RAB in patients with pulmonary lesions in a community setting and explore the impact of different definitions on diagnostic yield estimates.

Methods

Data were collected retrospectively from medical records of patients ≥ 21 years who underwent bronchoscopy with the Mona

SUBMITTER: Khan F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10170714 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature