Table 1.
Two different sizes of guide-sheaths and the suitable bronchoscope.
Fig 1.
GS; guide sheath, NSCLC; non-small cell lung cancer, SCLC; small cell lung cancer, TBB; transbronchial biopsy.
Table 2.
Characteristics of the 87 patients who were prospectively enrolled.
Fig 2.
Tumor cell counts and sample sizes between prospective large GS group and small GS cohort.
A) The comparison of the average number of tumor cells from five samples between two groups. B) The comparison of the cell counts of the sample containing the largest number of tumor cells among five samples between two groups. C) The comparison of the average sample size of five samples between two groups. D) The comparison of the largest sample size of five samples between two groups. GS; guide sheath. ◆; mean value.
Table 3.
Tumor cell counts and sample sizes between prospective large GS group and small GS cohort.
Table 4.
Factors associated with change to a thinner bronchoscope.