Peripheral pulmonary lesion: novel approaches in endoscopic guidance systems and a state-of-the-art review

Diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesion (PPL) is the most challenging field in bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology, which concerns early lung cancer diagnosis. Despite novel techniques and new approaches to the periphery of the lung, almost 25% of PPLs remain undiagnosed. Bronchoscopy with...

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Main Authors: Filippo Lanfranchi, Lucio Michieletto
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Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/3115
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description Diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesion (PPL) is the most challenging field in bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology, which concerns early lung cancer diagnosis. Despite novel techniques and new approaches to the periphery of the lung, almost 25% of PPLs remain undiagnosed. Bronchoscopy with guide systems, virtual and/or electromagnetic navigation, robotic bronchoscopy, and transparenchymal nodule approaches tend to provide a higher percentage of reaching the lesion, but the diagnostic yield rarely exceeds 75%, regardless of the instruments used. Further studies are needed to evaluate what the main constraints of this discrepancy are and if a combined use of these techniques and instruments can provide an increased diagnostic yield.
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spelling doaj-art-9a8ca917e68e4e9ab09144e9add42c272024-12-21T01:37:17ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease1122-06432532-52642024-12-0110.4081/monaldi.2024.3115Peripheral pulmonary lesion: novel approaches in endoscopic guidance systems and a state-of-the-art reviewFilippo Lanfranchi0https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3636-7118Lucio Michieletto1Respiratory Disease Unit, Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Ospedale dell’Angelo, VeniceRespiratory Disease Unit, Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Venice Diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesion (PPL) is the most challenging field in bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology, which concerns early lung cancer diagnosis. Despite novel techniques and new approaches to the periphery of the lung, almost 25% of PPLs remain undiagnosed. Bronchoscopy with guide systems, virtual and/or electromagnetic navigation, robotic bronchoscopy, and transparenchymal nodule approaches tend to provide a higher percentage of reaching the lesion, but the diagnostic yield rarely exceeds 75%, regardless of the instruments used. Further studies are needed to evaluate what the main constraints of this discrepancy are and if a combined use of these techniques and instruments can provide an increased diagnostic yield. https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/3115Peripheral pulmonary lesionlung cancerelectromagnetic navigation bronchoscopyvirtual navigation bronchoscopybronchoscopic transparenchymal nodule access
spellingShingle Filippo Lanfranchi
Lucio Michieletto
Peripheral pulmonary lesion: novel approaches in endoscopic guidance systems and a state-of-the-art review
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Peripheral pulmonary lesion
lung cancer
electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy
virtual navigation bronchoscopy
bronchoscopic transparenchymal nodule access
title Peripheral pulmonary lesion: novel approaches in endoscopic guidance systems and a state-of-the-art review
title_full Peripheral pulmonary lesion: novel approaches in endoscopic guidance systems and a state-of-the-art review
title_fullStr Peripheral pulmonary lesion: novel approaches in endoscopic guidance systems and a state-of-the-art review
title_full_unstemmed Peripheral pulmonary lesion: novel approaches in endoscopic guidance systems and a state-of-the-art review
title_short Peripheral pulmonary lesion: novel approaches in endoscopic guidance systems and a state-of-the-art review
title_sort peripheral pulmonary lesion novel approaches in endoscopic guidance systems and a state of the art review
topic Peripheral pulmonary lesion
lung cancer
electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy
virtual navigation bronchoscopy
bronchoscopic transparenchymal nodule access
url https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/3115
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