Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy an effective and safe approach to diagnose peripheral lung lesions unreachable by conventional bronchoscopy in high-risk patients

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-137

  Mahajan, Amit K ^a   Patel, Shruti ^a   Hogarth, Douglas Kyle ^a   Wightman, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy; High risk patients; Peripheral lung lesions; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOLOGY; DEVICE RECALL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY; GRANULOMATOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL LUNG LESION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 80052736293     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e318216cee6     Document Type: Review

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