Learning curve for endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: Experience of a community-based teaching hospital
WANG H, D’CRUZ C, YAM D, DILLA L, TSANG P. Learning curve for endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: Experience of a community-based teaching hospital. Molecular Medicine Reports 2014, 10: 2441-2446. PMID: 25189939, DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaBiopsy, Fine-NeedleCarcinoma, Squamous CellEndoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle AspirationHospitals, CommunityHospitals, TeachingHumansLearning CurveLung NeoplasmsLymphatic MetastasisMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesConceptsEndobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspirationUltrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspirationTransbronchial needle aspirationEBUS-TBNACell blocksTissue diagnosisNeedle aspirationHistological examinationTTF-1Community-based teaching hospitalAcid-fast bacilli stainMetastatic lung carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaThyroid transcription factor-1KRAS mutation analysisSubsequent tissue diagnosisSufficient diagnostic materialCell block preparationsLymph nodesMetastatic adenocarcinomaMediastinal lymphomaCell carcinomaNodal stagingLung cancerTranscription factor 1