Introduction of endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) in bronchoscopy clearly reduces fluoroscopy time: Comparison of 147 cases in groups before and after EBUS introduction

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1177-1181

  Fujita, Yoshitsugu ^a   Seki, Nobuhiko ^a   Kurimoto, Noriaki ^b   Inoue, Ken ^c   Miyazawa, Teruomi ^b   Abe, Tadashi ^d   Eguchi, Kenji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS); Fluoroscopy time; Lung cancer; Peripheral

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY TIME; FORCEPS; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BRONCHI; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053462505     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyr122     Document Type: Article

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