Mark Bolton: RCT Navigational Bronchoscopy Biopsy vs IR Biopsy of Peripheral Lung Nodules
Mark Bolton, Radiation Oncologist, shared an article on X:
“RCT Navi bronch biopsy vs IR biopsy of peripheral lung nodules.
Diagnostic accuracy: 79.0% in navi bronch group vs 73.6% in IR bx.
Pneumothorax: 3.3% Navi bronch vs 28.3% IR.
Wow – better accuracy and less complications!”
Navigational Bronchoscopy or Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for Lung Nodules.
Authors: Robert J. Lentz, Katherine Frederick-Dyer, Virginia B. Planz, Tatsuki Koyama, Matthew C. Aboudara, Sameer K. Avasarala, Jonathan D. Casey, George Z. Cheng, Pierre-François D’Haese, Jennifer D. Duke, Eric L. Grogan, Todd C. Hoopman, Joyce Johnson, James M. Katsis, Jonathan S. Kurman, See-Wei Low, Kamran Mahmood, Otis B. Rickman, Lance Roller, Cristina Salmon, Samira Shojaee, Briana Swanner, Momen M. Wahidi, Charla Walston, Gerard A. Silvestri, Lonny Yarmus, Najib M. Rahman, and Fabien Maldonado.
You can read the full article on Journal of The New England Journal of Medicine.
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