April 1, 2015Open Access

Endobronchial ultrasound with a guide sheath for small malignant pulmonary nodules: a retrospective comparison between central and peripheral locations.

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Abstract

EBUS-GS TBB is an acceptable diagnostic method for small peripheral lung cancer. It can be maximized for PPNs that are away from the pleura and when the EBUS probe can be placed within the lesion.

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Chavez et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8a0fede3177251abede0a https://doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.03.04

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Abstract

EBUS-GS TBB is an acceptable diagnostic method for small peripheral lung cancer. It can be maximized for PPNs that are away from the pleura and when the EBUS probe can be placed within the lesion.