Improving diagnostic yield of navigational bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions: a review of advancing technology.

ABSTRACT: With recommendations for low dose CT scan for lung cancer screening, there has been an increase in the finding of lung nodules and peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). Additionally, when there is concern for malignancy, guidelines have recommended performing the least invasive evaluation. Conventional bronchoscopy diagnostic yields for PPLs have reportedly been quite low and prior electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) studies have reported variable yields. Navigation bronchoscopy in addition to endobronchial ultrasound allows a physician to evaluate peripheral lung lesions along with mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes for the diagnosis and staging of suspected malignancy in one procedure. More recent advances in navigational bronchoscopy including the use of augmented fluoroscopy (A

SUBMITTER: Wagh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797818 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature