Toshiyuki Sumi, Yuichi Yamada, Yuta Koshino, Hiroki Watanabe, Daiki Nagayama, Haruhiko Michimata, Keito Suzuki, Takumi Ikeda, Kotomi Terai, Koichi Osuda, Yusuke Tanaka, Hirofumi Chiba
BACKGROUND: Transbronchial biopsy using an ultrathin bronchoscope (UTB) has a high diagnostic yield for peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). When combined with peripheral transbronchial needle aspiration (pTBNA), it improves the diagnostic yield of "adjacent to" radial endobronchial ultrasonography (rEBUS) findings. However, pTBNA is a complicated technique, and the specimen volume is often inadequate for diagnostic and multiplex analyses. Recently, transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBCB) using a 1...
November 15, 2023: Respiratory Investigation