Diagnostic yield of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy (C-TBNA) without an on-site cytopathologist: Experience of 363 procedures in 219 patients

Ozturk, ÖZGE; SANDAL, ABDULSAMET; KARAHAN, SEVİLAY; Er, BERRİN; Onder, Sevgen; KÖKSAL, DENİZ; Maden, EMİN; Emri, Salih

doi:10.5578/tt.10905

Diagnostic yield of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy (C-TBNA) without an on-site cytopathologist: Experience of 363 procedures in 219 patients

Ozturk O., SANDAL A., KARAHAN S., Er B., Onder S., KÖKSAL D., ...Daha Fazla

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, cilt.64, sa.2, ss.137-143, 2016 (ESCI)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 64 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.5578/tt.10905
Dergi Adı: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.137-143
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Conventional transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy (C-TBNA) is a technique in evaluating mediastinal/hilar lymph nodes (LN). We aimed to investigate diagnostic yield (DY) and safety of C-TBNAs performed in a single university clinic.