High diagnostic yield of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy performed under cone beam CT guidance: results of a randomized Belgian monocentric study

• Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 185 - 11
• Main Authors: Bondue, Benjamin, Taton, Olivier, Tannouri, Fadi, Van de Velde, Nikita, Remmelink, Myriam, Leduc, Dimitri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 27.05.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Belgium; Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Bronchoscopy - methods; Catheters; Cone beam computed tomography; CT imaging; Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy; Electromagnetic Phenomena; Endoscopy; General anesthesia; Humans; Lesions; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; Lung nodules; Medical screening; Methods; Multiple Pulmonary Nodules - pathology; Patients; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary nodule; Pulmonology; Tomography; Trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy; Belgium; Minneapolis Minnesota; Netherlands; United States > US; Japan; Bronchoscopy; Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy; Cone beam computed tomography; Trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy; Lung cancer; Pulmonary nodule

With the increasing use of low dose CT scans, numerous pulmonary nodules are detected. As majority of them are benign, development of efficient non-surgical diagnostic intervention is mandatory. Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) has been developed to reach difficult to access lesions. Th...