Sensitivity and Safety of Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy for Lung Cancer Diagnosis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

CONCLUSION: ENB is very safe with good sensitivity for diagnosing malignancy in patients with PPL. The applicability of our findings is limited as the majority of studies were done with the superDimension navigation system and heterogeneity was high. PROSPERO CRD42019109449.
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Source: Chest - May 21, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Folch EE, Labarca G, Ospina-Delgado D, Kheir F, Majid A, Khandhar SJ, Mehta HJ, Jantz MA, Fernandez-Bussy S Tags: Chest Source Type: research