Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, Alejandra Yu Lee-Mateus, Janani Reisenauer, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Alanna Barrios-Ruiz, Ana Garza-Salas, Nikitha C Chandra, Anoop Koratala, Anthony Nadrous, Eric S Edell, Andrew W Bowman, Rolf A Grage, Chris J Reisenauer, Anil N Kurup, Neal M Patel, Ryan Chadha, Britney N Hazelett, David Abia-Trujillo
INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Subsolid nodules (SSN), including ground glass nodules (GGN) and part solid nodules (PSN), are slow growing but have a higher risk for malignancy. Therefore, timely diagnosis is imperative. Shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (ssRAB) has emerged as reliable diagnostic procedure, but data on SSN and how ssRAB compares to other diagnostic interventions such as CT-guided transthoracic biopsy (CTTB) is scarce...
March 12, 2024: Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases