Influencia en la rentabilidad diagnóstica del momento de realización del aspirado bronquial en los carcinomas broncogénicos endoscópicamente visibles

The order in which bronchial washing is performed in relation to other sampling techniques for diagnosing bronchial tumors does not influence the diagnostic yield. This is probably because the aspirated fluid sample is more likely to contain excessive blood when washing is performed after brushing and forceps biopsy. However, the diagnostic yield can be significantly increased by combining the findings from bronchial washings performed both before and after other sample collection procedures.