ALTON – Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) bronchoscopy, a procedure used to diagnose different types of lung disorders including inflammation, infections or cancer, is now available at Alton Memorial ...

In this guidance, 'peripheral lung lesions' describes lung lesions that cannot be visualised using conventional bronchoscopy because they do not protrude into the bronchial tree. This guidance is ...

New clinical guidelines on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration have been released. The guideline, which applies to a common bronchoscopic test, contains 12 ...

The combined use of two minimally invasive techniques -- endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) -- in the diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions has been shown ...

EBUS is an invasive procedure in which physicians use ultrasound devices inside the airways and the lung for exploration of the structures of airway walls, the surrounding mediastinum, and the lungs.

TORONTO — The diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy, with or without radial endobronchial ultrasound (R-EBUS), is significantly lower than what has been understood, new research shows. "We thought we were ...

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS–TBNA) is performed to investigate mediastinal masses, predominantly in the context of staging of lung cancer. Other conditions ...

A new procedure offered at DCH Regional Medical Center could mean a better diagnosis for patients with lung conditions. Bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is a non-invasive procedure ...

A bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows a doctor to examine the inside of the lungs, including the bronchi, which are the main pathways into the lungs. During a bronchoscopy, a doctor inserts a thin ...

Philippa Cheetham, MD: Talking about treatment, it all starts at imaging, then a biopsy, then you have a diagnosis. For patients with early disease, localized disease, how have we moved forward in the ...