Masahito Naito1,2, Fumitaro Masaki3,4, Rebecca Lisk3, Hisashi Tsukada5, Nobuhiko Hata3. 1. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. mnaito2@bwh.harvard.edu. 2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 2520374, Japan. mnaito2@bwh.harvard.edu. 3. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. 4. Healthcare Optics Research Laboratory, Canon U.S.A, 210 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. 5. Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The bronchoscopist's ability to locate the lesion with the bronchoscope is critical for a transbronchial biopsy. However, much less study has been done on the transbronchial biopsy route. This study aims to determine whether the geometrical attributes of the bronchial route can predict the difficulty of reaching tumors in bronchoscopic intervention. METHODS: This study included patients who underwent bronchoscopic diagnosis of lung tumors using electromagnetic navigation. The biopsy instrument was considered "reached" and recorded as such if the tip of the tracked bronchoscope or extended working channel was in the tumors. Four geometrical indices were defined: Local curvature (LC), plane rotation (PR), radius, and global relative angle. A Mann-Whitney U test and logistic regression analysis were performed to analyze the difference in geometrical indices between the reachable and unreachable groups. Receiver operating characteristic analysis (ROC) was performed to evaluate the geometrical indices to predict reachability. RESULTS: Of the 41 patients enrolled in the study, 16 patients were assigned to the unreachable group and 25 patients to the reachable group. LC, PR, and radius have significantly higher values in unreachable cases than in reachable cases ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]). The logistic regression analysis showed that LC and PR were significantly associated with reachability ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]). The areas under the curve with ROC analysis of the LC and PR index were 0.903 and 0.618. The LC's cut-off value was 578.25. CONCLUSION: We investigated whether the geometrical attributes of the bronchial route to the lesion can predict the difficulty of reaching the lesions in the bronchoscopic biopsy. LC, PR, and radius have significantly higher values in unreachable cases than in reachable cases. LC and PR index can be potentially used to predict the navigational success of the bronchoscope.
PURPOSE: The bronchoscopist's ability to locate the lesion with the bronchoscope is critical for a transbronchial biopsy. However, much less study has been done on the transbronchial biopsy route. This study aims to determine whether the geometrical attributes of the bronchial route can predict the difficulty of reaching tumors in bronchoscopic intervention. METHODS: This study included patients who underwent bronchoscopic diagnosis of lung tumors using electromagnetic navigation. The biopsy instrument was considered "reached" and recorded as such if the tip of the tracked bronchoscope or extended working channel was in the tumors. Four geometrical indices were defined: Local curvature (LC), plane rotation (PR), radius, and global relative angle. A Mann-Whitney U test and logistic regression analysis were performed to analyze the difference in geometrical indices between the reachable and unreachable groups. Receiver operating characteristic analysis (ROC) was performed to evaluate the geometrical indices to predict reachability. RESULTS: Of the 41 patients enrolled in the study, 16 patients were assigned to the unreachable group and 25 patients to the reachable group. LC, PR, and radius have significantly higher values in unreachable cases than in reachable cases ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]). The logistic regression analysis showed that LC and PR were significantly associated with reachability ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]). The areas under the curve with ROC analysis of the LC and PR index were 0.903 and 0.618. The LC's cut-off value was 578.25. CONCLUSION: We investigated whether the geometrical attributes of the bronchial route to the lesion can predict the difficulty of reaching the lesions in the bronchoscopic biopsy. LC, PR, and radius have significantly higher values in unreachable cases than in reachable cases. LC and PR index can be potentially used to predict the navigational success of the bronchoscope.
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