The combination of endobronchial elastography and sonographic findings during endobronchial ultrasound ‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration for predicting nodal metastasis

ConclusionThe combination of elastography and sonographic findings showed good sensitivity and a high negative predictive value, which may facilitate selecting the most suspicious lymph nodes for biopsy.Key pointsSignificant findings of the study.The combination of endobronchial elastography and sonography resulted in a higher diagnostic yield than either modality alone for predicting benign and malignant lymph nodes in patients with lung cancer.What this study adds.The combination of endobronchial elastography and sonography will help clinicians identify the most suspicious lymph nodes for puncturing during EBUS ‐TBNA, which may improve the efficiency of EBUS‐TBNA.

Source: Thoracic Cancer - August 31, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Taiki Fujiwara, Takahiro Nakajima, Terunaga Inage, Yuki Sata, Yuichi Sakairi, Hajime Tamura, Hironobu Wada, Hidemi Suzuki, Masako Chiyo, Ichiro Yoshino Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research