These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.
    Author: Medford AR.
    Journal: Int J Clin Pract; 2010 Dec; 64(13):1773-83. PubMed ID: 21070528.
    Abstract:
    Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive mediastinal staging tool for lung cancer but also a diagnostic tool for mediastinal lesions near the airway. After a brief historic rationale, this article reviews the indications for EBUS-TBNA, provides an overview of practical, training and financial issues; reviews the evidence comparing the mediastinal staging tools and briefly discusses potential future applications. EBUS-TBNA is most commonly used for staging non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but is also used for diagnosis of unexplained mediastinal lymphadenopathy of other causes. For staging before radical treatment, many centres still perform mediastinoscopy and this should be done to confirm negative EBUS-TBNA results in this setting and when the pre-test clinical probability of lung cancer is high. EBUS-TBNA may be used in the future for staging when the mediastinal nodes are normal according to radiological staging and also in re-staging. EBUS-TBNA can be learned with appropriate training and mentorship; it offers numerous advantages over mediastinoscopy; and it is less invasive and can reduce costs by avoiding unnecessary mediastinoscopies in many cases.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]