Improving Radial EBUS Signal with Creation of False Airway to Target Lesion During Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy: A Case Series.

Jennifer Wong, Monika Kakol, H Erhan Dincer

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Article in Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jennifer WongDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Monika KakolDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck Medical School, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

H Erhan DincerDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

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Abstract

Navigational bronchoscopy is increasingly used to target peripheral pulmonary nodules using electromagnetic navigational platforms (ENB), fluoroscopic navigation, or robotic-assisted bronchoscopy. The selection of equipment largely depends on the availability of technology, expertise, and the characteristics of the nodule and patient. Radial EBUS (r-EBUS) is often combined with these techniques for real-time confirmation of the nodule location. A bronchus sign is considered to have a higher diagnostic yield when biopsy tools can directly reach the nodule. We describe a case series of creating a false airway into the nodule when an eccentric r-EBUS signal is seen to subsequently obtain a concentric signal.

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diagnosisperipheral pulmonary noduleradial EBUS

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PMID39165493

DOI10.2147/MDER.S478541

PMCPMC11335003

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