Lung cancer : journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Diagnosing a solitary pulmonary nodule using multiple bronchoscopic guided technologies: A prospective randomized study.
The rate of detection of pulmonary nodules on computed radiography (CR) is approximately 0.09-0.2%, so rapid identification of the nature of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) with a likelihood of malignancy is a critical challenge in the early diagnosis of lung cancer. ⋯ The results of our study suggest that guided bronchoscopy could increase the diagnostic yield in the context of peripheral lesions. There was no significant difference in the diagnostic yield between the EBUS and combined groups, but use of EBUS-GS with VBN could significantly shorten the bronchoscope arrival time.