Table 3 Diagnostic yields of non-guided flexible bronchoscopic procedures for the final peripheral lung cancer diagnosis based on a literature review.
First author | Year | No. | Order | Diagnostic yield % (positive/cases) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | BB | BW or BAL | TBB | ||||
Kvale14 | 1976 | 18 | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | 27.8 (5/18) | 5.9 (1/17) | 30 (3/10) |
Mak13 | 1990 | 63 | BW,TBB,BB | 55.6 (35/63) | 28.6 (18/63) | 38.1 (24/63) | 36.5 (23/63) |
Wongsurakiat12 | 1998 | 30 | BAL,TBB | 50 (15/30) | 46.7 (14/30) | 16.7 (5/30) | |
Rhee8 | 2010 | 38 | BB,TBB,BW | 68.4 (26/38) | 31.4 (11/35) | 32.4 (12/37) | 71 (22/31) |
Kang11 | 2017 | 87 | BB,TBB,BW | 43.7 (38/87) | 12.6 (11/87) | 3.4 (3/87) | 40.2 (35/87) |
Pilotti26 | 1982 | 84 | BB | 28.6 (24/84) | 28.6 (24/84) | ||
de Gracia27 | 1993 | 55 | BW,BAL,BA | 50.9 (28/55) | 50.9 (28/55)* | ||
Sing28 | 1997 | 145 | BB | 21.9 (14/64) | 21.9 (14/64) | ||
Labbe15 | 2015 | 207 | BW,BB,BAL | 25.6 (53/207) | 16.4 (34/207) | 18.8 (39/207)* | |
Average form literature | 38.4 (209/544) | 19.6 (93/474) | 24.4 (121/496) | 39.8 (88/221) | |||
Lim (present study) | 2019 | 166 | BB,BW | 52.4 (87/166) | 37.3 (62/166) | 46.4 (77/166) | |
