Open AccessUtility and safety of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy: Western region experience
Author(s) -
Ahmed A. Aljohaney
Publication year - 2018
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_317_17
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , malignancy , lymph node , lymphoma , sarcoidosis , mediastinal lymph node , biopsy , metastasis , pathology , cancer
The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical utility and safety of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in patients with mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy and to explicitly describe the utility of this procedure in patient's outcome.