Clinical Study
The Diagnostic Yield of Navigational Bronchoscopy Performed with Propofol Deep Sedation
Table 2
Diagnostic yield by size, location, and CT-to-body divergence in 47 samples.
| | Number | Percentage yield |
| Size (cm) | | | <2 | 11 | 91 | 2–4 | 27 | 85 | >4 | 9 | 100 | Lobar location | | | Right upper* | 14 | 82 | Right middle | 2 | 100 | Right lower | 5 | 100 | Left upper* | 8 | 100 | Lingula | 1 | 100 | Left lower | 12 | 86 | CT-to-body divergence (mm) | | | ≤4 | 32 | 91 | >4 | 15 | 87 | Diagnosis | | | Squamous cell carcinoma | 10 | 21 | Adenocarcinoma | 14 | 30 | Small cell carcinoma | 2 | 4 | Adenocarcinoma in situ | 2 | 4 | Inflammatory lesion | 13 | 28 | Coccidioidomycosis | 1 | 2 |
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*Mean percentage yield in upper lobe lesions was 88%.
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