A Prospective Study of Safety and the Incremental Diagnostic Value of Transbronchial Cryobiopsy Incorporated into Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy in a Cancer Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (ssRAB) combined with intraoperative imaging optimizes tool-lesion relationship during the sampling of focal pulmonary lesions. Nevertheless, confirmation of tool-in-lesion status is not equivalent to diagnostic sampling. This gap may be bridged by the addition of transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBCB) to traditional transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) and forceps biopsy (TBFB); however, the performance of TBCB, specifically with the 1.7-mm cryoprobe, has raised significant safety concerns.

Objective

Evaluate the safety of TBCB using the 1.7-mm cryoprobe, added into ssRAB-guided TBNA and TBFB, and performed via a protocolized approach in a cancer center patient population undergoing lung biopsy for focal parenchymal pulmon

SUBMITTER: Husta BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12784132 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature