Advances in bronchoscopy--new and upcoming bronchoscopic methods at the dawn of the 21st century.
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in English
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| ID: sea-90978
ABSTRACT
The last decade has seen the increasing application of bronchoscopic methods such as transbronchial needle aspiration in the staging of lung cancer as well as in the diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer, balloon dilatation using flexible bronchoscopy, development of new tracheobronchial stents to manage central airway obstruction, autofluorescence bronchoscopy for the early diagnosis of lung cancer and pediatric flexible bronchoscopy. There is also a better understanding in the mechanisms and management of hypoxemia during bronchoscopy such as upper airway obstruction. Recent developments include direct endobronchial ultrasound to increase the yield of transbronchial needle aspiration, high magnification bronchoscopy to assist in the diagnosis of early lung cancer and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction to gain the effects lung volume reduction surgery without the need for surgery in patients with severe emphysema. In this article the new and upcoming bronchoscopic techniques are discussed, which we believe will find a broader clinical application in the near future to manage patients in a better way.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pneumonectomy
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Bronchoscopy
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Humans
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Endosonography
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Lung Neoplasms
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Neoplasm Staging
Type of study:
Screening study
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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