Therapeutic bronchoscopy with immediate effect: laser, electrocautery, argon plasma coagulation and stents

CT Bolliger, TG Sutedja, J Strausz… - European Respiratory …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in medicine have been applied
for a more selective and tailored approach to reduce patients' morbidity and mortality. The …

Therapeutic bronchoscopy in lung cancer: laser therapy, electrocautery, brachytherapy, stents, and photodynamic therapy

P Lee, E Kupeli, AC Mehta - Clinics in chest medicine, 2002 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Lung cancer, at the beginning of the twentieth century, was rare. Since then, the rates of lung
cancer in men and women have increased 10-fold, making it the second most common …

[BOOK][B] Interventional bronchoscopy

CT Bolliger, PN Mathur - 2000 - books.google.com
This book covers all aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, which go beyond
the techniques of inspection, simple lavage and biopsies of the tracheobronchial tree. In a …

Endoscopic treatment of malignant airway obstructions in 2,008 patients

S Cavaliere, F Venuta, P Foccoli, C Toninelli… - Chest, 1996 - Elsevier
We report our 13-year experience with endoscopic treatment of malignant obstructions of the
airway by Nd: YAG laser, stents, and intraluminal brachytherapy in 2,008 patients. We …

Bronchoscopic palliation of primary lung cancer: single or multimodality therapy?

RS Santos, Y Raftopoulos, RJ Keenan, A Halal… - Surgical …, 2004 - Springer
Background An obstructing primary lung cancer is a challenging disease frequently
requiring endobronchial interventional therapy. A variety of interventional modalities …

Interventional bronchoscopy

GJ Criner, R Eberhardt, S Fernandez-Bussy… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
For over 150 years, bronchoscopy, especially flexible bronchoscopy, has been a mainstay
for airway inspection, the diagnosis of airway lesions, therapeutic aspiration of airway …

Place of cryotherapy, brachytherapy and photodynamic therapy in therapeutic bronchoscopy of lung cancers

JM Vergnon, RM Huber… - European Respiratory …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Cryotherapy, brachytherapy and photodynamic therapy (PDT) are three different methods
proposed in the endoluminal treatment of lung cancers. The current article presents an …

Indications and technique for endoscopic laser resections in bronchology: a critical analysis based upon 2,284 resections

C Personne, A Colchen, M Leroy, G Vourc'h… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 1986 - Elsevier
Over a period of 6 years, we have treated 1,310 patients in 2,284 sessions using a
neodymium–yttrium aluminum garnet laser. Indications are more often palliative than …

Endoscopic palliation of tracheobronchial malignancies.

MR Hetzel, SG Smith - Thorax, 1991 - thorax.bmj.com
The prognosis for tracheobronchial tumours remains poor. Most patients can be offered only
palliation. When the main symptom is breathlessness or refractory haemoptysis from a large …

The future of bronchoscopy in diagnosing, staging and treatment of lung cancer

FJF Herth, R Eberhardt, A Ernst - Respiration, 2006 - karger.com
Bronchoscopy is a central technique in diagnosing lung cancer, but also in different
therapeutic approaches. A lot of techniques are available. The most common indication for …