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

 *Mean percentage yield in upper lobe lesions was 88%.