Open AccessA Randomized Prospective Trial of the Utility of Rapid On-Site Evaluation of Transbronchial Needle Aspirate Specimens
Author(s) -
Lonny Yarmus,
Thomas Van der Kloot,
Noah Lechtzin,
Mark Napier,
Douglas Dressel,
David FellerKopman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31821707ee
Subject(s) - medicine , rose (mathematics) , randomized controlled trial , randomization , prospective cohort study , biopsy , malignancy , cytopathology , surgery , medical diagnosis , cytology , radiology , pathology , geometry , mathematics
Previous studies have suggested an increased diagnostic yield for flexible bronchoscopic transbronchial needle aspirate (TBNA) specimens from lymph nodes when using rapid on-site evaluation by cytopathology but were limited by a lack of randomization, suggesting that selection bias may have contributed to its higher reported yield with TBNA.