How small of a nodule would you attempt to biopsy with robotic bronchoscopy?
Answer from: at Community Practice
There’s no right answer to this. Size is only one criteria, and may not even be the most important. Location relative to the airways is far more important than size, and you may have trouble biopsying a 2 cm nodule with no airway leading near it, as compared to a 7 mm nodule that is located ne...
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at Saint Lawrence Pulmonology Biopsy before resection. If the PET scan is negati...
at Augusta University PET is not reliable for nodules <1 cm in diamet...
Determining the probability of malignancy based on...
Agree. I would add that the smaller the nodule, th...
Would depend on the case. Some patients may not be...
Biopsy before resection. If the PET scan is negati...
PET is not reliable for nodules <1 cm in diamet...