Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received an endobronchial valve vs. lung volume reduction surgery had significantly heightened odds ...

New clinical guidelines on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration have been released. The guideline, which applies to a common bronchoscopic test, contains 12 ...

In patients undergoing endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) under general anesthesia, topical anesthesia with 1% lignocaine significantly reduced cough rate and ...

To recommend the best treatment for one’s lung cancer, it is very important for the doctor to know how far the cancer has progressed. This is because an accurate staging of the lung cancer could spare ...

The American College of Chest Physicians announced the release of new clinical guidelines on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA). The guideline, which ...

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS–TBNA) is performed to investigate mediastinal masses, predominantly in the context of staging of lung cancer. Other conditions ...

Not only into the difficult recesses of this organ essential for breathing can this slim wonder-tool delve, but it can also check out adjacent areas to help doctors diagnose diseases without opening ...

EBUS is an invasive procedure in which physicians use ultrasound devices inside the airways and the lung for exploration of the structures of airway walls, the surrounding mediastinum, and the lungs.

In this guidance, 'peripheral lung lesions' describes lung lesions that cannot be visualised using conventional bronchoscopy because they do not protrude into the bronchial tree. This guidance is ...