Comparative Efficacy of Transbronchial Needle Aspiration and Cryobiopsies in Thoracic Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for Optimal Diagnostic Efficacy
Liviu-Ștefan Moacă, Damiana-Maria Vulturar, Daniel-Corneliu Leucuța, Doina Adina Todea, Teodora-Gabriela Alexescu, Maria Adriana Neag, Cezar Aurelian Matau, Anca Dana Buzoianu, Claudia Diana Gherman · 2026
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Liviu-Ștefan Moacă and co-authors compare two ways to sample chest lymph nodes in a 2026 review. Doctors reach the nodes through the airways with ultrasound guidance, then take tissue by needle or by a freezing probe. Which method gives the surer diagnosis was the question for this pooled analysis.
Twenty studies from 2020 to 2025 were combined under standard review rules. The freezing probe method gave a clearly higher diagnostic yield overall. Trends also favored it for lymphoma and for sarcoidosis, while lung cancer types showed no gap. Rates of collapsed lung and bleeding were alike between methods. The authors back the freezing method when intact tissue shape matters for the diagnosis.
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| CREATOR | Liviu-Ștefan Moacă, Damiana-Maria Vulturar, Daniel-Corneliu Leucuța, Doina Adina Todea, Teodora-Gabriela Alexescu, Maria Adriana Neag, Cezar Aurelian Matau, Anca Dana Buzoianu, Claudia Diana Gherman |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |