Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2020. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Clin Cases. Aug 26, 2020; 8(16): 3450-3457
Published online Aug 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i16.3450
Value of virtual bronchoscopic navigation and transbronchial ultrasound-guided sheath-guided exploration in diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer
Yong Liu, Feng Wang, Qun-Cheng Zhang, Zhao-Hui Tong
Yong Liu, Feng Wang, Zhao-Hui Tong, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
Yong Liu, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan Province, China
Yong Liu, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Zhoukou Central Hospital, Zhoukou 466100, Henan Province, China
Feng Wang, Zhao-Hui Tong, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing 100020, China
Qun-Cheng Zhang, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan Province, China
Author contributions: Liu Y, Wang F, and Tong ZH performed the operation; Zhang QC designed this retrospective study; Liu Y wrote the paper; Wang F was responsible for sorting the data.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Zhoukou Central Hospital.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was obtained from the patients.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Dr. Tong reports grants from Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (No. Z181100001718185) during the conduct of the study.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Zhao-Hui Tong, MD, PhD, Chief Physician, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University; Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, No. 8 South Gongti Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, China. 13910930309@163.com
Received: May 10, 2020
Peer-review started: May 10, 2020
First decision: June 7, 2020
Revised: June 20, 2020
Accepted: July 14, 2020
Article in press: July 14, 2020
Published online: August 26, 2020
Core Tip

Core tip: Transbronchial ultrasound-guided sheath-guided exploration and virtual bronchoscopic navigation improve the rate of diagnosis of pulmonary peripheral lesions. We discuss the role of virtual bronchoscopy navigation in combination with the transbronchial ultrasound-guided sheath-guided exploration technique in the diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer.