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Consequently, the actual diagnostic yield in a real-world setting, particularly among patients with varying levels of risk, remains largely unknown.This prospective single-centre cohort study enrolled consecutive patients with PPLs between February 2023 and April 2024. The Medtronic ILLUMISITE platform was utilised to perform ENB procedures. The primary endpoints of the study were the diagnostic yield of ENB as a standalone procedure, assessed at the end of the intervention, and the overall diagnostic accuracy, which incorporated ENB in combination with other diagnostic techniques, evaluated after a 12-month follow-up period. The secondary endpoint was the rate of procedural complications.A total of thirty patients participated in this study. The median lesion size was 16.5 mm. ENB achieved a technical success rate of 93%. The diagnostic yield was 57%. When considering the combination of ENB and other diagnostic methods over the course of a year, the diagnostic accuracy increased to 67%. Two cases of pneumothorax (6.6%), but no instances of bronchopulmonary haemorrhage requiring intervention were observed.This small, single-centre, real-world cohort study, which applied strict definitions for diagnostic yield and accuracy, demonstrates that ENB-aided diagnosis can be successfully achieved in approximately two-thirds of eligible patients, with a low rate of procedural complications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2831-4870","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,2]],"date-time":"2026-04-02T23:25:06Z","timestamp":1775172306000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Real-world diagnostic yield and safety of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy for pulmonary nodules: Experience of a single centre"],"prefix":"10.1055","author":[{"given":"Carolin","family":"Kraska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinik f\u00fcr Innere Medizin V, Friedrich-Schiller-Universit\u00e4t Jena, Jena, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Susanne M.","family":"Lang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinik f\u00fcr Innere Medizin V, Friedrich-Schiller-Universit\u00e4t Jena, Jena, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"395","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa1102873","article-title":"Reduced lung-cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening","volume":"365","author":"DR Aberle","year":"2011","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"503","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa1911793","article-title":"Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Volume CT Screening in a Randomized Trial","volume":"382","author":"HJ de Koning","year":"2020","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1763","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa060476","article-title":"Survival of patients with stage I lung cancer detected on CT screening","volume":"355","author":"CI Henschke","year":"2006","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2418","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2012.5521","article-title":"Benefits and harms of CT screening for lung cancer: a systematic review","volume":"307","author":"PB Bach","year":"2012","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"4619","DOI":"10.21037\/jtd-24-874","article-title":"Prevalence and management of pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"16","author":"D Chen","year":"2024","journal-title":"J Thorac Dis"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1440","DOI":"10.1111\/imj.16502","article-title":"Prevalence of pulmonary nodules detected incidentally on noncancer-related imaging: a review","volume":"54","author":"A Das","year":"2024","journal-title":"Intern Med J"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"228","DOI":"10.1148\/radiol.2017161659","article-title":"Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images: From the Fleischner Society 2017","volume":"284","author":"H MacMahon","year":"2017","journal-title":"Radiology"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"910","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa1214726","article-title":"Probability of cancer in pulmonary nodules detected on first screening CT","volume":"369","author":"A McWilliams","year":"2013","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"312","DOI":"10.1186\/s12885-025-13702-2","article-title":"Risk factors for malignant solid pulmonary nodules: a meta-analysis","volume":"25","author":"Y Yang","year":"2025","journal-title":"BMC Cancer"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"264","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2021.24287","article-title":"Evaluating the Patient With a Pulmonary Nodule: A Review","volume":"327","author":"PJ Mazzone","year":"2022","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1183\/16000617.0046-2024","article-title":"Diagnostic yield and safety of diagnostic techniques for pulmonary lesions: systematic review, meta-analysis and network meta-analysis","volume":"33","author":"P Balasubramanian","year":"2024","journal-title":"Eur Respir Rev"},{"key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"107196","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lungcan.2023.107196","article-title":"Diagnostic yield and safety of navigation bronchoscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"180","author":"SEP Kops","year":"2023","journal-title":"Lung Cancer"},{"key":"ref13","volume-title":"Manual SDI-0623-04 Rev. 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