Open AccessEndobronchial ultrasound plus fluoroscopy-guided biopsy compared to fluoroscopy-guided transbronchial biopsy for obtaining samples of peripheral pulmonary lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Jian Ye,
Ruifeng Zhang,
Shenglin Ma,
Limin Wang,
Wu Jin
Publication year - 2017
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/atm.atm_298_16
Subject(s) - medicine , fluoroscopy , confidence interval , meta analysis , odds ratio , radiology , biopsy , peripheral , endobronchial ultrasound , ultrasound , lung , cochrane library , bronchoscopy , nuclear medicine , pathology
We report a meta-analysis of recent studies comparing the diagnostic yields of endobronchial ultrasonography plus fluoroscopically-guided transbronchial biopsy (EBUS + TBB) with that of conventional fluoroscopically-guided TBB for peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs).