Table of Contents

Dedication.
Foreword.


Preface.


1 An Overview of Endobronchial Ultrasonography.


2 Anatomy of Mediastinal and Hilar Area.


3 How to Perform Endobronchial Ultrasonography.


4 Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle
Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA).


5 Tips and Difficulties in EBUS TBNA.


6 Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Mediastinal Lymph Node Aspiration
for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Staging.


7 Qualitative Analysis of Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions Using
Endobronchial Ultrasonography.


8 EBUS-Guided Peripheral Pulmonary Nodule Biopsy.


9 Diagnosis of Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions Using Endobronchial
Ultrasonography with a Guide Sheath.


10 Endobronchial Ultrasonographic Analysis of Airway Wall
Integrity and Tumour Involvement.


11 EBUS in Interventional Bronchoscopy.


12 Future Directions for Endobronchial Ultrasonography.


13 Case Reports.


Appendix: Videos.


Index.

About the Author

Noriaki Kurimoto , MD,PhD, St. Marianna University, Kanagawa Prefecture,Japan David Fielding, MB, BS, FRACP,MD, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital, Brisbane,QLD, Australia Ali I. Musani,MD, FCCP, FACP, National Jewish Health & University of Colorado, ,Denver, CO, USA