Research Article

The Utility of Rapid On-Site Evaluation on Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Does It Make a Difference?

Table 2

Summary of findings.

Pre-ROSEPost-ROSE value

Number of cases66112
Mean number of lesions1.9 ± 0.8 
(1, 4)
1.5 ± 0.7 
(1, 4)
0.0020
Mean number of TBNAs4.2 ± 1.5 
(1, 8)
3.6 ± 1.4 
(1, 8)
0.0017
Mean number of TBNAs per lesion2.5 ± 1.0 
(0.7, 5)
2.5 ± 0.9 
(1, 5 )
0.35
>1 lesion investigated (%)6645

Results expressed as mean ± standard deviation (range).