Diagnostic Performance and Cell Count of EBUS-TBNA Needle Gauges: A Prospective Trial.
Juliana GuarizeCristina DiottiMonica CasiraghiStefano DonghiClementina Di TonnoPatrizia MancusoLaura ZorzinoLorenzo SpaggiariDavide RadiceLorenzo SpaggiariLorenzo SpaggiariPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
The 19-G flex EBUS-TBNA needle is comparable to the 22-G needle in terms of diagnostic yield for cyto-histological evaluation of hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathies. There is no difference between the 19-G and 22-G needle cell counts evaluated by flow cytometry.