ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2022
Does needle-type increase the diagnostic yield of malignancies in endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)?-a prospective comparative study.
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- Transbronchial needle core biopsyEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Pooled it
- Outcomes of endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration in elderly patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2025Pooled it
- Evolution of transbronchial needle aspiration needles: Over the last half century.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a commonly performed minimally invasive technique for diagnosing mediastinal pathologies. Currently, many needle types are being developed to improve the accuracy of the final diagnosis. Our study aimed to assess the possible advantages and disadvantages between the 22-gauge ProCore Methods: In this prospective study, we enrolled a group of 363 EBUS-TBNA patients. For each patient, we used either the ProCore Results: By using EBUS-TBNA, a diagnosis was established in 306 patients (84.3%). The rates of the final diagnoses in ProCore Conclusions: Both types of needles demonstrated very high diagnostic efficiency for malignancy, and there was no significant advantage of the ProCore
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