Respirology : official journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
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Review Meta Analysis
Radial endobronchial ultrasound for the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Tissue diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) can be challenging. In the past, flexible bronchoscopy was commonly performed for this purpose but its diagnostic yield is suboptimal. This has led to the development of new bronchoscopic modalities such as radial endobronchial ultrasound (R-EBUS), electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) and virtual bronchoscopy (VB). ⋯ Overall complication rate was 2.8%. This is the largest meta-analysis performed to date, assessing the performance of R-EBUS for diagnosing PPLs. R-EBUS has a high diagnostic yield (70.6%) with a very low complication rate.