The lungs are one of the most vital organs in the human body. Therefore, any problem in the lungs can lead to various complex diseases. Although lung diseases can be cured, delayed treatment can ...

October 25, 2011 (Honolulu, Hawaii) — Endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsy transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS) could cost about $2000 less per patient than mediastinoscopy in detecting ...

We identified 12 cases of EBUS-TBNA thyroid biopsy. In 9 patients, the primary indication for EBUS-TBNA was sampling of mediastinal lymph nodes or masses, and biopsy of the thyroid was done in ...

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 ...

The new rapid, on-site evaluation is a link-up between local respiratory and pathology teams and is speeding up finding the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The procedure was carried out by Dr Richard Booton, a respiratory consultant at Wythenshawe Hospital on September 2 2021, and ended up leaving Professor Patel with less than a 10 per cent chance of ...