@article{JTD3589,
author = {Jianjun Zhang and Yangang Ren},
title = {Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: a maturing technique},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {6},
number = {12},
year = {2014},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Accurate, quick pathological identification of a pulmonary or mediastinal mass is one of most challenging issues in thoracic oncology. This is particularly important when it comes to operable lung cancers in which a pre-surgical evaluation of mediastinal lymph node involvement is widely recognized as indispensible. For this purpose, mediastinoscopy was an accepted gold standard with 80% sensitivity and 100% specificity in the screening (1). Unfortunately, considerable invasiveness and the need for general anesthesia associated with mediastinoscopy limit the accessibility of this procedure to N2-3 lymph nodes; moreover, repetitive mediastinoscopy is hardly feasible owing to the formation of dense adhesions},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/3589}
}