Author's response to Sodhi et al.

摘要

A meta-analysis by Jones et ah (1) showed high sensitivity and specificity of virtual bronchoscopy in detecting airway stenosis. However, scanner type, scanning parameters, and technology improvement did not significantly influence the diagnostic accuracy. On the other hand, limited studies only using multidetector CT was found in this meta-analysis, which means that further investigations are required to analyze the real performance of multidetector CT. According to our recent literature search, the presence of segmental bronchial stenosis was evaluated in most of the individual studies, although it is not apparent in the mentioned meta-analysis.