Safety and diagnostic performance of pulmonologists performing electromagnetic guided percutaneous lung biopsy (SPiNperc).

Christopher M MallowHans LeeCatherine ObergJeffrey ThiboutotJason AkulianAllen C BurksBranden LunaSadia BenzaquenHitesh BatraJose Cardenas-GarciaJennifer TothJay HeideckerAdam BelangerJason McCluneUmar OsmanVenkatesh LakshminarayananNicholas PastisGerard SilvestriAlexander ChenLonny B Yarmus

Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2019)

In this large multicentred series, the use of EM guidance for percutaneous lung biopsies was safe and feasible, with acceptable diagnostic yield in the hands of pulmonologists. A prospective multicentre trial to validate these findings is currently underway (NCT03338049).

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
study protocol
fine needle aspiration
minimally invasive
clinical trial
radiofrequency ablation
high frequency
phase iii
phase ii
randomized controlled trial