Real-time endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration for sampling mediastinal lymph nodes

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Authors

Robert T. Eberhardt · Heidelberg University

Armin Ernst · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Abstract

EBUS-TBNA is a promising new method for sampling mediastinal lymph nodes. It appears to permit more and smaller nodes to be sampled than conventional TBNA, and it is safe.

Topics & Keywords

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Thorax

Volume 61, Issue 9, pp. 795-798

DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.047829

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