• Thoracic surgery clinics · May 2012

    Review

    Ultrasound-guided transbronchial and transesophageal needle biopsy in the mediastinal staging of lung cancer.

    • Jarosław Kużdżał and Artur Szlubowski.
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, John Paul II Hospital, Jagiellonian University, 80 Pradnicka Street, 31-202 Cracow, Poland. j.kuzdzal@mp.pl
    • Thorac Surg Clin. 2012 May 1;22(2):191-203.

    AbstractThis review presents the current state of two endosonographic techniques, endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), and their application in the mediastinal staging of patients with lung cancer. The technique for these procedures is presented and their diagnostic yield is discussed, based on the published evidence. EBUS and EUS, especially in combination with needle aspiration biopsy, emerge as the primary modalities for mediastinal staging because of their high diagnostic yield, minimal invasiveness, low cost, and avoidance of disruption of mediastinal lymphatic pathways before the final treatment.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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