This guideline is based on a comprehensive review of the literature on pulmonary nodules
and expert opinion. Although the management pathway for the majority of nodules detected …

Background Bronchoscopy is a useful tool for the diagnosis of lesions near central airways;
however, the diagnostic accuracy of these procedures for peripheral pulmonary lesions …

Introduction Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) is a minimally invasive
technology that guides endoscopic tools to pulmonary lesions. ENB has been evaluated …

Background Lung cancer is usually suspected in individuals who have an abnormal chest
radiograph or have symptoms caused by either local or systemic effects of the tumor. The …

Background The landscape of guided bronchoscopy for the sampling of pulmonary
parenchymal lesions is evolving rapidly. Shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy …

Background The detection of pulmonary nodules (PNs) is likely to increase, especially with
the release of the National Lung Screen Trials. When tissue diagnosis is desired …

Abstract Background The Robotic Endoscopic System (Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City,
CA) has the potential to overcome several limitations of contemporary guided …

Background Navigation bronchoscopy has seen rapid development in the past decade in
terms of new navigation techniques and multi-modality approaches utilizing different …

Background: Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) has been widely adopted as
a guidance technique for biopsy of peripheral lung nodules. However, ENB is limited by the …

Background Guided bronchoscopy is increasingly used to diagnose peripheral pulmonary
lesions (PPLs). A meta-analysis published in 2012 demonstrated a pooled diagnostic yield …