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Clinical Applications of Endobronchial Ultrasound: Challenges and Opportunities

Version 1 : Received: 25 May 2023 / Approved: 26 May 2023 / Online: 26 May 2023 (08:16:28 CEST)

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Biondini, D.; Tinè, M.; Semenzato, U.; Daverio, M.; Scalvenzi, F.; Bazzan, E.; Turato, G.; Damin, M.; Spagnolo, P. Clinical Applications of Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Scope: Challenges and Opportunities. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 2565. Biondini, D.; Tinè, M.; Semenzato, U.; Daverio, M.; Scalvenzi, F.; Bazzan, E.; Turato, G.; Damin, M.; Spagnolo, P. Clinical Applications of Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Scope: Challenges and Opportunities. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 2565.

Abstract

Endobronchial Ultrasound has been widely used in the lymph node staging of lung tumors and the diagnosis of mediastinal diseases. In the last decades this procedure has evolved in several technical aspects, with new tools available to optimize the tissue sampling and to increase the diagnostic yield, like elastography, different types of needles and, most recently, miniforceps and cryobiopsy. Then, also the indications for EBUS have extended beyond the thoracic boundaries to sample lesions of the liver, left adrenal gland and retroperitoneal lymph nodes via the gastroesophageal tract. In this review we will analyze the actual indication of EBUS, even the more unusual, to underline the multiple use of EBUS in clinical practise.

Keywords

Endobronchial ultrasound; Transbronchial needle aspiration; bronchoscopy

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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