Endobronchial ultrasonography /

• Main Author: Kurimoto, Noriaki
• Other Authors: Fielding, David I. K., Musani, Ali I.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: Bronchi > Cancer > Ultrasonic imaging.; Endoscopic ultrasonography.; Bronchi > Ultrasonic imaging.; Bronchi > ultrasonography.; Bronchoscopy > methods.; Medicine.; MEDICAL > Oncology.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Cancer.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• An overview of endobronchial ultrasonography
• Anatomy of mediastinal and hilar area
• How to perform endobronchial ultrasonography
• Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
• Tips and difficulties in EBUS TBNA
• Endoscopic ultrasound guided mediastinal lymph node aspiration for lung cancer diagnosis and staging
• Qualitative analysis of peripheral pulmonary lesions using endobronchial ultrasonography
• EBUS guided peripheral pulmonary nodule biopsy
• Diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions using endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath
• Endobronchial ultrasonographic analysis of airway wall integrity and tumour involvement
• EBUS in interventional bronchoscopy
• Future directions for endobronchial ultrasonography
• Case reports.