ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy: A Comprehensive Review of System Functions and Analysis of Outcome Data.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diagnostic performance and safety for robotic-assisted bronchoscopy in pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Nodal upstaging and neoadjuvant therapy in lung adenocarcinoma: Evidence of a missed opportunity?JTCVS open · 2026Article
- Molecules of lung cancer - fusion alterations in nonsmall cell lung cancer: biology and diagnostic considerations.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2026Review
- Current advances in mediastinal staging for non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review.Translational lung cancer research · 2026Review
- Relationship Between Navigation Success, Diagnostic Accuracy, and Ventilation Strategy: Retrospective Chart Review of 224 Consecutive Navigational Bronchoscopic Procedures Performed Under General Anesthesia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Design strategies for flexible core biopsy needles: insights from patent literature.Frontiers in medical technology · 2026Review
- Assessing the feasibility of shape-sensing robotic bronchoscopy mapping to lung nodules in pediatric patients.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2026Article
- Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopic Microwave Ablation for Primary and Metastatic Pulmonary Nodules: Retrospective Case Series.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Surgical Process Modeling of Workflow and Performance in Image-Guided Bronchoscopy.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Chinese expert consensus on shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (ssRAB) in the management of peripheral pulmonary lesions.Translational lung cancer research · 2025Review
- The LJ System-Development and Validation of a Reliable and Simple Device for Bronchoscopic Measurement of Distances Within the Tracheobronchial Tree.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Efficacy and safety of cone-beam computed tomography-guided bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Staging Aortopulmonary Lymph Nodes With Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy: A Case Report and Literature Review.Respirology case reports · 2025Article
- Design and evaluation of new user control devices for improved ergonomics in flexible robotic endoscopy.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Article
- Robot-assisted vascular surgery: literature review, clinical applications, and future perspectives.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Review
- Intraprocedural computed tomography-guided navigation with ventilatory strategy for atelectasis (ICNVA): a modified electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The past two decades have witnessed a revolutionary era for peripheral bronchoscopy. Though the initial description of radial endobronchial ultrasound can be traced back to 1992, it was not until the mid-2000s that its utilization became commonplace, primarily due to the introduction of electromagnetic navigation (EMN) bronchoscopy. While the diagnostic yield of EMN-assisted sampling has shown substantial improvement over historical fluoroscopy-assisted bronchoscopic biopsy, its diagnostic yield plateaued at around 70%. Factors contributing to this relatively low diagnostic yield include discrepancies in computed tomography to body divergence, which led to unsuccessful lesion localization and resultant unsuccessful sampling of the lesion. Furthermore, much of peripheral bronchoscopy utilized a plastic extended working channel whose tips were difficult to finely aim at potential targets. However, the recent introduction of robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, and its associated stability within the peripheral lung, has ignited optimism for its potential to significantly enhance the diagnostic performance for peripheral lesions. Moreover, some envision this technology eventually playing a pivotal role in the therapeutic delivery to lung tumors. This review aims to describe the currently available robotic-assisted bronchoscopy technologies and to discuss the existing scientific evidence supporting these.
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