Diagnostic yield of electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy

Conclusion:
In our cohort, diagnostic yield was 60% with a 6% pneumothorax rate. A suggestive trend for the presence of bronchus sign on computed tomography scan, albeit statistically nonsignificant, as a predictor for improved diagnostic yield needs to be validated in a larger cohort.

Source: Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease - July 19, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Al-Jaghbeer, M., Marcus, M., Durkin, M., McGuire, F. R., Iftikhar, I. H. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research