Open AccessRecent advances in therapeutic bronchoscopy
Author(s) -
MS Thakkar,
Groote-Bidlingmaier von,
CT Bolliger
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2012.13591
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchial thermoplasty , bronchoscopy , radiofrequency ablation , lung cancer , radiology , ablation , airway , surgery , pathology , airway resistance
ReviewTherapeutic bronchoscopy has come a long way from removal of foreign bodies to minimally invasive techniques in management of diseases like lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. This article discusses the exciting new techniques of therapeutic bronchoscopy namely; bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, bronchial thermoplasty, radiofrequency ablation, and use of fiducial markers in external beam irradiation
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