Cost-effectiveness and safety of mediastinal transbronchial cryobiopsy guided by endobronchial ultrasonography (CRYO-EBUS) in 110 cases.

Introduction: Transbronchial needle aspiration guided by endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUSTBNA) has the disadvantage of sometimes offering samples of an unsuitable size for an accurate histo-molecular diagnosis. Transbronchial mediastinal cryobiopsy (CRYOEBUS) is a very novel and additional technique to EBUS-TBNA that allows us to obtain larger and quality samples, improving diagnostic performance.

Material And Methods: Descriptive study of 110 patients with lesions and/or mediastinal lymphadenopathy who underwent EBUS-TBNA and CRYO-EBUS in a single procedure.