First-in-human use of a new robotic electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopic platform with integrated Tool-in-Lesion Tomosynthesis (TiLT) technology for peripheral pulmonary lesions: The FRONTIER study.
Tajalli SaghaieJonathan P WilliamsonMartin J PhillipsDona KafiliSarika SundarD Kyle HogarthAlvin J IngPublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2024)
In this first-in-human study, second-generation robotic bronchoscopy using electromagnetic navigation combined with integrated digital tomosynthesis was feasible with an acceptable safety profile and demonstrated a high diagnostic yield for small peripheral lung nodules.