1.Diagnostic utility of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy combined with radial endobronchial ultrasound in peripheral pulmonary lesions
Min YU ; Shenyun SHI ; Yan LI ; Yanzhe YU ; Tingting ZHAO ; Qingqing XU ; Qi ZHAO ; Jingjing DING ; Anning FENG ; Jinghong DAI ; Yonglong XIAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2022;29(01):44-49
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value and safety of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy combined with radial endobronchial ultrasound in peripheral pulmonary nodules. Methods The clinical imaging, surgical and pathological data of 60 patients with 76 peripheral pulmonary nodules who underwent electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy combined with radial endobronchial ultrasound guided biopsy in the Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School from June 2020 to June 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. The diagnosis rate and complications were analyzed and summarized. The 76 pulmonary nodules were divided into a small pulmonary nodules group (10 nodules, diameter≤1 cm) and a pulmonary nodules group (1 cm