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 …

For over 150 years, bronchoscopy, especially flexible bronchoscopy, has been a mainstay
for airway inspection, the diagnosis of airway lesions, therapeutic aspiration of airway …

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

Rationale: Advanced bronchoscopy techniques such as electromagnetic navigation (EMN)
have been studied in clinical trials, but there are no randomized studies comparing EMN …

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

Background: We tested a new, investigational robotic-assisted bronchoscope system with a
remotely controlled catheter to access small peripheral bronchi with real-time driving under …

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

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 Advances in bronchoscopy and CT-guided lung biopsy have improved the
evaluation of small pulmonary lesions (PLs), leading to an increase in preoperative …

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Tobacco
consumption remains the most important risk factor. Although the prevalence of smoking has …