Gaining access to the periphery of the lung: Bronchoscopic and transthoracic approaches
Globally, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death. Annual low-dose computed tomography has been recommended as a screening test for early detection of lung cancers. Implementing this screening strategy is expected to challenge pulmonologist to confirm the nature of the increasi...
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doaj-9ba690fa8b904dc0b1949da07da6cf7e2020-11-24T23:25:23ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Thoracic Medicine1817-17371998-35572017-01-0112316217010.4103/atm.ATM_416_16Gaining access to the periphery of the lung: Bronchoscopic and transthoracic approachesAbdelfattah Ahmed ToumanVlasios V VitsasNickolaos G KoulourisGrigoris K StratakosGlobally, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death. Annual low-dose computed tomography has been recommended as a screening test for early detection of lung cancers. Implementing this screening strategy is expected to challenge pulmonologist to confirm the nature of the increasing number of detected pulmonary nodules. Clinicians are obliged to use the less invasive and most efficient and safe means to set diagnoses. Hence, the field of diagnostic modalities, especially the advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy is witnessing rapid evolution to fulfill these unmet needs. This review highlights the available diagnostic modalities, describes their advantages and discusses the limitations of each technique. It also suggests an integrated diagnostic algorithm based on the best available evidence. A search of the PubMed database was conducted using relevant terms described at methodology; only articles in English were reviewed by November 2016.http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2017;volume=12;issue=3;spage=162;epage=170;aulast=ToumanBronchoscopic modalitiesimage-guided transthoracic needle aspirationinterventional pulmonologylung cancernavigation bronchoscopyperipheral lung nodule |
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Abdelfattah Ahmed Touman Vlasios V Vitsas Nickolaos G Koulouris Grigoris K Stratakos Gaining access to the periphery of the lung: Bronchoscopic and transthoracic approaches Annals of Thoracic Medicine Bronchoscopic modalities image-guided transthoracic needle aspiration interventional pulmonology lung cancer navigation bronchoscopy peripheral lung nodule |
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Abdelfattah Ahmed Touman Vlasios V Vitsas Nickolaos G Koulouris Grigoris K Stratakos |
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Abdelfattah Ahmed Touman |
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Gaining access to the periphery of the lung: Bronchoscopic and transthoracic approaches |
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Gaining access to the periphery of the lung: Bronchoscopic and transthoracic approaches |
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Gaining access to the periphery of the lung: Bronchoscopic and transthoracic approaches |
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Gaining access to the periphery of the lung: Bronchoscopic and transthoracic approaches |
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Gaining access to the periphery of the lung: Bronchoscopic and transthoracic approaches |
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gaining access to the periphery of the lung: bronchoscopic and transthoracic approaches |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Annals of Thoracic Medicine |
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1817-1737 1998-3557 |
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Globally, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death. Annual low-dose computed tomography has been recommended as a screening test for early detection of lung cancers. Implementing this screening strategy is expected to challenge pulmonologist to confirm the nature of the increasing number of detected pulmonary nodules. Clinicians are obliged to use the less invasive and most efficient and safe means to set diagnoses. Hence, the field of diagnostic modalities, especially the advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy is witnessing rapid evolution to fulfill these unmet needs. This review highlights the available diagnostic modalities, describes their advantages and discusses the limitations of each technique. It also suggests an integrated diagnostic algorithm based on the best available evidence. A search of the PubMed database was conducted using relevant terms described at methodology; only articles in English were reviewed by November 2016. |
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Bronchoscopic modalities image-guided transthoracic needle aspiration interventional pulmonology lung cancer navigation bronchoscopy peripheral lung nodule |
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http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2017;volume=12;issue=3;spage=162;epage=170;aulast=Touman |
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