Clinical Applications of Endobronchial Ultrasonography in Lung Diseases

Bronchoscopic Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Tracheobronchial Invasion of Esophageal Cancer

“…5,12 Bronchoscopic ultrasonographic scanning was reported to be useful in evaluating the intrapulmonary spread of lung cancer. [13][14][15][16][17][18] On the basis of the similar concept of ultrasonographic observation through the walls of hollow organs that might be invaded, such as transaortic ultrasonography, previously reported by us, 19…”

Endobronchial ultrasonography with distance for peripheral pulmonary lesions

“…Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS), first introduced in 1990 by Hurter and Hanrath, has been evaluated in several clinical studies and shown to provide information about the location and size of pulmonary lesions. [1][2][3] The recently developed small-caliber ultrasonographic probe can be successfully introduced into the working channel of a flexible video bronchoscope to localize peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) prior to diagnostic techniques including transbronchial biopsy (TBB). 4 However, once the location of the lesion is identified precisely by EBUS, the probe is withdrawn to enable biopsy forceps to be introduced into the working channel.…”

Conventional vs. endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathies

“…Limited options currently exist to improve the yield of TBNA, like use of ROSE, increasing the number of needle passes, and utilization of imaging techniques (6)(7)(8)(9). EBUS is one of the alternative imaging techniques that permits imaging of the airway and parabronchial structures during bronchoscopy (11)(12)(13). In the current study, we aimed to determine whether or not EBUS-TBNA is superior to conventional TBNA in the diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathies and found that the diagnostic yield of EBUS-TBNA was superior to the yield of conventional TBNA at stations other than subcarinal region, in patients with enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes.…”

“…EBUS is safe and minimally invasive technique, and does not require general anesthesia or hospitalization (12,13). The complication rate is extremely low and several studies have not reported any complications at all (9,11,12,19).…”