Jeffrey Thiboutot, Nicholas J Pastis, Jason Akulian, Gerard A Silvestri, Alexander Chen, Momen M Wahidi, Christopher R Gilbert, Cheng Ting Lin, Jenna Los, Eric Flenaugh, Roy Semaan, A Cole Burks, Priya Sathyanarayan, Sam Wu, David Feller-Kopman, George Z Cheng, Raed Alalawi, Najib M Rahman, Fabien Maldonado, Hans J Lee, Lonny Yarmus
RATIONALE: Strict adherence to procedural protocols and diagnostic definitions is critical to understand the efficacy of new technologies. Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (ENB) for lung nodule biopsy has been utilized for decades without a solid understanding of its efficacy but offers the opportunity for simultaneous tissue acquisition via electromagnetic navigation transthoracic biopsy (EMN-TTNA), and staging via endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic yield of EBUS, ENB, and EMN-TTNA during a single procedure using a strict a priori definition of diagnostic yield, with central pathology adjudication...
August 15, 2023: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine