Scientific and technological innovations are the principal change agents responsible for
revolutionary health care and prevention practices. Elements leading to technological …

In this section, an overview of the clinical findings, laboratory investigations and physiology
testing and complementary radiographic imaging studies pertinent to the bronchoscopist …

Introduction: The field of interventional pulmonology (IP) is a rapidly maturing subspecialty of
pulmonary medicine, which emphasizes advanced diagnostic and therapeutic …

A revolution is taking place in the fi eld of bronchoscopy. The strides made over the past
decade in this fi eld have exponentially improved the diagnostic as well as therapeutic …

Central airway obstruction (CAO) results from a variety of malignant and nonmalignant
causes. Advanced lung cancer is the most common etiology. The clinical presentation varies …

Bronchoscopy and Central Airway Disorders provides the guidance you need to plan and
implement the most effective bronchoscopy procedure for every patient. Through specifically …

In the past few decades, new technologies have transformed the way we practice medicine,
in general, and minimally invasive medicine and surgery, in particular. Great advances have …

This book covers all aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, which go beyond
the techniques of inspection, simple lavage and biopsies of the tracheobronchial tree. In a …

For over 150 years, bronchoscopy, especially flexible bronchoscopy, has been a mainstay
for airway inspection, the diagnosis of airway lesions, therapeutic aspiration of airway …

Over the past century rigid bronchoscopy has been established as the main therapeutic
means for central airway diseases of both benign and malignant aetiology. Its use requires …