Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial miniforceps biopsy an urban center experience

CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that combining EBUS-MFB with EBUS-TBNA can improve the diagnostic yield, particularly in benign cases and sarcoidosis. These findings support the potential superiority of adding EBUS-MFB over EBUS-TBNA alone and highlight the need for further randomized control trials to validate these results. The retrospective nature of this study and certain limitations, such as the lack of adequate longer-term follow-up, selection and operator biases, and the absence of rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) in some cases, should be considered when interpreting the results. Nonetheless, this study contributes to the growing evidence for the utility of EBUS-MFB in improving the diagnostic yield of EBUS procedures in specific clinical scenarios.PMID:38410576 | PMC:PMC10894409 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-23-884
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Source Type: research