Background Interventional bronchoscopy is effective in the management of patients with
symptomatic airway obstruction for both malignant and benign conditions. The main aim of …

OBJECTIVE: Cancer can involve the airways, causing various degrees of obstruction.
Usually, after days or months of mild to moderate undervalued symptoms, severe dyspnea …

Background Malignant airway obstruction (MAO) leads to quality of life impairment and
increased mortality. Interventional bronchoscopy allows airway patency restoring, leading to …

Introduction Bronchoscopic intervention in patients with malignant central airway obstruction
provides initial palliation and stabilization of the airway, allowing the possibility of other …

Background Patients with malignant airway obstruction may need endobronchial
intervention to relieve the associated symptoms. We report our experience of interventional …

Background Interventional bronchoscopy is an effective procedure for malignant central
airway obstruction, although its indications are poorly defined and its benefits difficult to …

Background: Endobronchial interventions are used to alleviate symptoms of airway stenosis.
The ventilatory management may be challenging during these procedures, and may …

Background Malignant central airway obstruction (MCAO) occurs in 20–30% of patients with
primary pulmonary malignancy. Although bronchoscopic intervention is widely performed to …

Patients with central airway obstruction (CAO) may need endobronchial intervention to
relieve their symptoms. This report is on a single-center experience of using interventional …

AIMS: We aimed to investigate prognostic factors influencing survival in these patients.
STUDY DESIGN: We conducted retrospective study. METHODS: The clinical parameters …