Mobile 3-dimensional (3D) C-arm system-assisted transbronchial biopsy and ablation for ground-glass opacity pulmonary nodules: a case report.

ABSTRACT: Identification of pulmonary ground-glass opacity (GGO) lesions during bronchoscopic procedures remains challenging, as GGOs cannot be directly visualized under 2-dimensional (2D) fluoroscopy and are often difficult to detect by radial endobronchial ultrasound. Recently, a mobile 2D/3D C-arm fluoroscopy system was developed that provides both 2D fluoroscopy and mobile 3D imaging to assess and confirm the location of the lesions and ancillary bronchoscopic tools. However, previous studies focused mainly on experience of utilizing mobile 3D C-arm system for transbronchial biopsy of solid pulmonary nodules. Here, we evaluated the feasibility of mobile 3D imaging assisted transbronchial biopsy with and without ablation of two patients with GGO nodules. The first patient underwent biopsy only, a

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350092 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature