Journal article
Routine systematic sampling versus targeted sampling during endobronchial ultrasound: A randomized feasibility trial
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Triple normal lymph nodes, appearing benign on computed tomography, positron emission tomography, and endobronchial ultrasound, have less than a 6% probability of malignancy. We hypothesized that targeted sampling (TS), which omits biopsy of triple normal lymph nodes during endobronchial ultrasound, is not an inferior staging strategy to systematic sampling (SS) of all lymph nodes.
METHODS: A prospective randomized feasibility trial …
Authors
Sullivan KA; Farrokhyar F; Leontiadis GI; Patel YS; Churchill IF; Hylton DA; Xie F; Seely AJE; Spicer J; Kidane B
Journal
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol. 164, No. 1, pp. 254–261.e1
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
7 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.11.062
ISSN
0022-5223