EBUS-NA

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Overview

EBUS-NA or endobronchial ultrasound with needle aspiration is a procedure done to stage the mediastinum in lung cancer cases. This technique can be used to take samples of the highest mediastinal, upper and lower paratracheal, subcarinal lymph nodes, and the hilar lymph nodes.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Invasive Mediastinal Staging of Lung Cancer*". Retrieved 2011-12-05.
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