EBUS endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscope
Flexible video-bronchoscope with an integrated convex or radial ultrasound transducer at the tip, allowing real-time ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) of mediastinal/hilar lymph nodes and central lesions.
How it is used
Minimally invasive mediastinal lymph node staging in lung cancer, as an alternative or complement to the already-catalogued surgical mediastinoscopy.
Clinical tip
EBUS-guided puncture has diagnostic yield comparable to mediastinoscopy, which is now reserved for cases where EBUS is negative but malignancy suspicion remains high.
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