Virtual bronchoscopic navigation versus non-virtual bronchoscopic navigation assisted bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Image-guided bronchoscopy techniques such as virtual bronchoscopic navigation (VBN) has emerged as a means of assisting in the biopsy of peripheral pulmonary lesions. However, the role of VBN-assisted (VBNA) bronchoscopy in the diagnosing of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) has not been well established. This meta-analysis investigated the diagnostic yield of VBN-assisted versus non-VBN-assisted (NVBNA) bronchoscopy for PPLs.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, and Web of Sciences databases were searched up to and including August 2020 to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the performance of VBNA compared with an NVBNA group. Results were expressed as risk ratio (RR) or mean difference (MD) with accompanying 95% confidence inte

SUBMITTER: Giri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8172954 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature