Optimizing diagnostic yield in pulmonary lesions: impact of combined sampling tools and EBUS-TBNA during radial EBUS.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Radial endobronchial ultrasound (r-EBUS) is a minimally invasive procedure used to evaluate pulmonary lesions suspicious of cancer. Current information on the effect of combining different sampling tools used during r-EBUS or the addition of linear EBUS (EBUS-TBNA) on its diagnostic performance is limited.

Objectives

To evaluate the effect on diagnostic performance of the systematic addition of different sampling tools and EBUS-TBNA during r-EBUS, as well as the rate of peri-procedural complications.

Design

This was an observational, analytical cohort study designed to evaluate diagnostic accuracy.

Methods

We calculated diagnostic accuracy statistics and used the Cochran-Armitage statistical test to assess the effect of combining techniques on diagno

SUBMITTER: Tuta-Quintero E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12319195 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature