Enabling this provides you with more accurate distances to providers and locations
Biopsy techniques can now avoid conventional surgery by using minimally invasive procedures like endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) to diagnose lung cancer and other chest diseases. A minimally invasive approach allows physicians to perform a transbronchial needle aspiration to obtain tissue and/or fluid samples from the lungs and surrounding lymph nodes. The procedure is less invasive and the recovery time shorter than conventional surgery.
Available tests include:
Pulmonary function tests
Bronchial thermoplasty
Bronchoscopy
Cardiopulmonary stress testing
Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
Exhaled nitrous oxide testing
Pleural biopsy
Thoracentesis
Transbronchial needle aspiration