A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Comparing the Diagnostic Yield of 21- and 22-Gauge Aspiration Needles for Performing Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Sarcoidosis

Chest. 2016 Apr;149(4):1111-3. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.01.014.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchoscopy*
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Granuloma / diagnosis
  • Granuloma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Needles*
  • Pneumothorax / epidemiology
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage / epidemiology
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / pathology*