Endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the staging of lung cancer patients:

SAGE Open Medicine

DariuszDziedzic¹ 

关键词: Surgery;    bronchoscopy;    lung cancer;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2050312115610128

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Objective:Mediastinoscopy as diagnostic procedure for evaluation of mediastinum in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer has long been considered the reference standard. However, less invasive method has occurred. Endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration came into widespread use and has resulted in controversy as to whether it is a good replacement for mediastinoscopy. We chose to demonstrate the usefulness of endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration in evaluating the mediastinum in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.Material and methods:Over a 48-month period, 1841 patients underwent endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration at our healthcare centre. In all patients, 2964 biopsies from the lymph node group N2 and 783 from group N1 were taken. The mean short axis of the lymph nodes biopsied was 2.0 (range: 0.6–2.6). The mean number of lymph node stations biopsied per patient was 2.6. Patients with a negative result of endobron...

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