Diagnostic yield of radial probe endobronchial ultrasonography-guided transbronchial biopsy without fluoroscopy in peripheral pulmonary lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Jong Hoo LeeJae-Uk SongPublished in: Thoracic cancer (2022)
R-EBUS-guided TBB without fluoroscopy appears to be a relatively useful tool with a low pneumothorax rate for the diagnosis of PPLs. Factors mentioned above may affect the diagnostic yield of this tool. Because of substantial between-study heterogeneity, our results should be interpreted with caution.