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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 114-120 |
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Endobronchial ultrasound plus fluoroscopy-guided biopsy compared to fluoroscopy-guided transbronchial biopsy for obtaining samples of peripheral pulmonary lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Jian Ye1, Ruifeng Zhang2, Shenglin Ma3, Limin Wang1, Weizhong Jin1
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Hangzhou, China
2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
3 Department of Oncology, Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Hangzhou, China
Correspondence Address:
Shenglin Ma
Department of Oncology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, No. 261, Huansha Road, Hangzhou 310006
China
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DOI: 10.4103/atm.ATM_298_16
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Background: 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).
Methods: We searched Medline, the Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Google Scholar through 31 March 2013 using the keywords: lung neoplasm, pulmonary lesions, diagnosis, endobronchial ultrasound, fluoroscopy, and fluoroscopic.
Results: Four studies were included in the study with a total of 461 patients, 222 in the EBUS + TBB group and 239 in the TBB only group. The meta-analysis revealed that the group with EBUS + TBB was more favored in terms of positive diagnostic yield than the group diagnosed with only conventional TBB (odds ratio [OR] = 2.211, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.422–3.438, P< 0.001). Subgroup analysis based on lesion size found that smaller PPLs had higher accuracy (OR = 4.502, 95% CI = 2.002–10.126, P< 0.001) than PPLs of large size (OR = 1.849, 95% CI = 1.033–3.311, P= 0.039).
Conclusion: Obtaining TBB samples for histopathological diagnosis is enhanced by the addition of EBUS to conventional fluoroscopic guidance; this is, especially important for patients with small peripheral lung lesions who benefit greatly from early diagnosis. |
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