Open AccessThermal Vapor Ablation for Lung Lesions in a Porcine Model
Author(s) -
Erik Henne,
J. Scott Ferguson,
Robert Mest,
Felix J.F. Herth
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000433558
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , ablation , pneumothorax , bronchoscopy , airway , pathology , nuclear medicine , radiology , surgery , cardiology
Various methods for ablating peripheral lung lesions are being investigated; however, none have been successfully adapted for delivery via bronchoscopy. Vapor ablation is currently being used to bronchoscopically create lung volume reduction in emphysema patients.
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