Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1271-1277 , August 2009

Sensitivity of Linear Endobronchial Ultrasonography and Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration for The Identification of Nodal Metastasis in Lung Cancer Staging

  • Ignasi Garcia-Olivé

      Affiliations

    • Pneumology Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ignasi Garcia-Olivé, Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera de Canyet s/n, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
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  • Eduard Monsó

      Affiliations

    • Pneumology Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias – CibeRes, Bunyola, Spain
    • ,
  • Felipe Andreo

      Affiliations

    • Pneumology Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias – CibeRes, Bunyola, Spain
    • ,
  • José Sanz

      Affiliations

    • Pneumology Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Eva Castellà

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias – CibeRes, Bunyola, Spain
    • ,
  • Mariona Llatjós

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias – CibeRes, Bunyola, Spain
    • ,
  • Eduardo de Miguel

      Affiliations

    • Pneumology Department, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
    • Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias – CibeRes, Bunyola, Spain
    • ,
  • Julio Astudillo

      Affiliations

    • Thoracic Surgery Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias – CibeRes, Bunyola, Spain

Received 26 November 2008 ,Revised 25 February 2009 ,Accepted 8 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.007

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1271-1277 , August 2009

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