Central airway obstruction is a problem facing all medical and surgical subspecialists caring
for patients with chest diseases. The incidence of this disorder appears to be rising because …

The majority of patients with cancer undergo at least one surgical procedure as part of their
treatment. Severe postsurgical infection is associated with adverse oncologic outcomes; …

Stents and tubes to maintain the patency of the airways are commonly used for malignant
obstruction and are occasionally employed in benign disease. Malignant airway obstruction …

BACKGROUND There is significant variation between physicians in terms of how they
perform therapeutic bronchoscopy, but there are few data on whether these differences …

BACKGROUND There are significant variations in how therapeutic bronchoscopy for
malignant airway obstruction is performed. Relatively few studies have compared how these …

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

Goals/objectives To review the scientific evidence on symptoms and specific complications
that are associated with lung cancer, and the methods available to palliate those symptoms …

Oncologic emergencies can occur at any time during the course of a malignancy, from the
presenting symptom to end‐stage disease. Although some of these conditions are related to …

Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) and excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC) are airway
abnormalities that share a common feature of expiratory narrowing but are distinct …

This review comprehensively describes recent advances in the management of malignant
central airway obstruction (CAO). Malignant CAO can be a dramatic and devastating …