Open AccessA Randomized Trial Evaluating the Effect of 10 versus 20 Revolutions Inside the Lymph Node on the Diagnostic Yield of EBUS-TBNA in Subjects with Sarcoidosis
Author(s) -
Sahajal Dhooria,
Inderpaul Singh Sehgal,
Nalini Gupta,
Amanjit Bal,
Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad,
Ashutosh N. Aggarwal,
Babu Ram,
Ritesh Agarwal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000490192
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , lymph node , randomized controlled trial , lymph , group b , nuclear medicine , gastroenterology , surgery , pathology
Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is the preferred modality for sampling intrathoracic lymph nodes in patients with suspected sarcoidosis. Whether the number of revolutions of the needle inside the lymph node while performing TBNA affects the diagnostic yield is unknown.