Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Cautery-Assisted Transbronchial Forceps Biopsies: Safety and Sensitivity Relative to Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Kyle Bramley, MD, Margaret A. Pisani, MD, MPH, Terrence E. Murphy, PhD, Katy L. Araujo, MPH, Robert J. Homer, MD, PhD, Jonathan T. Puchalski, MD, MEd The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 5, Pages 1870-1876 (May 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.11.051 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Technique using endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided cautery-assisted forceps biopsies of lymph nodes. (A) EBUS-transbronchial needle aspiration needle in lymph node. (B) EBUS view with cautery knife inside the same lymph node. Note mild artifact (arrow). (C) Electrocautery knife that is inserted through the working channel of the EBUS scope. (D) Mucosal incision seen after electrocautery incision. (E) Forceps seen inside lymph node (circle). (F) Specimen obtained by forceps for surgical pathology. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1870-1876DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.11.051) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions