Assessment of needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE) as a tool for real-time diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer.

in 2019, we observed 95.6% and 100% positive diagnoses according to the images visualized during the assistance of positioning. We believe that this type of technology could be used in the future for endobronchial analysis of suspected lesions and eventually for replacing frozen section analysis. However, the diagnostic value of this system needs to be confirmed, particularly for benign lesions.