Diagnosis of small pulmonary lesions by transbronchial lung biopsy with radial endobronchial ultrasound and virtual bronchoscopic navigation versus CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Yeji Han,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Hyun Jung Kim,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Kyoung Ae Kong,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Soo Jung Kim,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Su Hwan Lee,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Yon Ju Ryu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Jin Hwa Lee,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Yookyoung Kim,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Sung Shine Shim,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Jung Hyun Chang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hs1017@ewha.ac.kr

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1000-2491

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