Open AccessUtility of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration with rapid on-site evaluation (c-TBNA-ROSE) at a tertiary care center with endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) facility
Author(s) -
Neha Kawatra Madan,
Karan Madan,
Deepali Jain,
Ritika Walia,
Anant Mohan,
Vijay Hadda,
Sandeep Mathur,
Venkateswaran K. Iyer,
Gopi C Khilnani,
Randeep Guleria
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.175493
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , bronchoscopy , sarcoidosis , tertiary care , endobronchial ultrasound , malignancy , surgery , pathology
Conventional transbronchial needle aspiration (c-TBNA) is an underutilized bronchoscopic modality. Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) guided-TBNA though efficacious is an expensive modality, facilities of which are available at only limited centers. c-TBNA is cost-effective and has potential for wide utilization especially in resource-limited settings. Rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) improves the yield of c-TBNA.