Open AccessRapid on-site evaluation with BIOEVALUATOR®during endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for diagnosing pulmonary and mediastinal diseases
Author(s) -
Daisuke Minami,
Nagio Takigawa,
Hirofumi Inoue,
Katsuyuki Hotta,
Mitsune Tanimoto,
Katsuyuki Kiura
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.124415
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , endobronchial ultrasound , thoracotomy , lymph node , lymph , lung cancer , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , fine needle aspiration , computed tomography , bronchoscopy , surgery , biopsy , pathology
Rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) is used widely during endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA). BIOEVALUATOR(®) is a device used for determining whether the tissues obtained by EBUS-TBNA are appropriate for a pathological diagnosis. This study describes our experience with ROSE using BIOEVALUATOR(®) during EBUS-TBNA for diagnosing pulmonary and mediastinal diseases.