Comparison of the specimen quality of endobronchial ultrasound-guided intranodal forceps biopsy using standard-sized forceps versus mini forceps for lung cancer: A prospective study.

Toshiyuki Nakai Yuji MatsumotoTakahiro UedaYuko KuwaeSayaka TanakaAtsushi MiyamotoYoshiya MatsumotoKenji SawaKanako SatoKazuhiro YamadaTetsuya WatanabeKazuhisa AsaiHideaki Furuse Keigo UchimuraTatsuya ImabayashiRiki UenishiMitsuru FukuiHidenori TanakaMasahiko OhsawaTomoya KawaguchiTakaaki Tsuchida

Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2024)

SFB is useful for obtaining sufficient qualitative and quantitative specimens.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
systematic review
high resolution
quality improvement
mass spectrometry