Table 2. Characteristics of included studies on r-EBUS-TBLB.
| Study-year | No. of patients with LC | TP | FN | Complication | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe bleeding | Pneumothorax with tube | ||||
| Herth-2002 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Yang-2004 | 122 | 80 | 42 | NA | NA |
| Shirakawa-2004 | 24 | 17 | 7 | NA | NA |
| Kurimoto-2004 | 101 | 82 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Paone-2005 | 87 | 60 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Asahina-2005 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Herth-2006 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Eberhardt-2007 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Yoshikawa-2007 | 103 | 65 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamada-2007 | 128 | 90 | 38 | NA | NA |
| Asano-2008 | 27 | 23 | 4 | NA | NA |
| Huang-2009 | 65 | 39 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Eberhardt-2009 | 87 | 41 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Oki-2009 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Chao-2009 | 72 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Disayabutr-2010 | 99 | 58 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Mizugaki-2010 | 91 | 66 | 25 | NA | NA |
| Steinfort-2011 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Oki-2012 | 82 | 58 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Fielding-2012 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Hsia-2012 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lin-2012 | 39 | 30 | 9 | NA | NA |
| Ishida-2012 | 50 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Fuso-2013 | 359 | 255 | 104 | NA | NA |
| Li-2014 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chavez-2014 | 212 | 143 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| Zhang-2015 | 88 | 66 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Durakovic-2015 | 147 | 39 | 108 | 0 | 2 |
| Tang-2016 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fukusumi-2016 | 18 | 12 | 6 | NA | NA |
| Hayama-2016 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Total complication (%) | 0.087 | 0.48 | |||
r-EBUS, radial probe endobronchial ultrasound; TBLB, transbronchial lung biopsy; LC, lung cancer; TP, true-positive; FN, false-negative; NA, not applicable.