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Carlos Anciano1, Craig Brown, Mark Bowling
1*Department of Cardiovascular Sciences †Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
Abstract:
The ability to reach the peripheral pulmonary nodule/mass with bronchoscopy has improved greatly over the past several years with the use of Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy; however, many of these lesions are unable to be adequately sampled due to their location outside the bronchial airways. We report the first use of the transbronchial access tool that creates a pathway from the bronchial airway through the lung parenchyma into the targeted lung abnormality.
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