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Table 2 Overall Diagnostic Rate of cTBNA and EBUS-TBNA

From: Comparison of transbronchial needle aspiration with and without ultrasound guidance for diagnosing benign lymph node adenopathy

 

cTBNA (n = 168)

EBUS-TBNA(n = 177)

P value

Overall diagnostic rate

103/168(61.31%)

136/177(76.84%)

0.002

Diagnosis

 Granulomatous

45/99(45.45%)

73/112(65.18%)

0.004

 Non-granulomatous

58/69(84.06%)

63/65(96.92%)

0.003

Size

  < 20 mm

63/98(64.29%)

85/107(79.44%)

0.016

  ≥ 20 mm

40/70(57.14%)

51/70(72.86%)

0.051

  1. n is the number of lymph nodes; cTBNA Conventional transbronchial needle aspiration; EBUS-TBNA Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration