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Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2018; 39(06): 674-684
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1676647
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Rigid Bronchoscopy

Javier Diaz-Mendoza
1   Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
,
A. Rolando Peralta
2   Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Interventional Pulmonology Program, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
,
Labib Debiane
2   Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Interventional Pulmonology Program, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
,
Michael J. Simoff
1   Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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14 January 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Rigid bronchoscopy is one of the oldest medical techniques used in the respiratory and thoracic fields. Even though its use declined after the development of flexible bronchoscopy, it has again gained importance with the growth of interventional pulmonology, becoming a critical technique taught as part of the training in this subspecialty. The therapeutic advantages compared to other approaches of thoracic pathologies makes rigid bronchoscopy a primary component in the present and future of interventional pulmonary medicine.

Keywords

rigid bronchoscopy - flexible bronchoscopy - airway stents - tracheal stenosis - cryotherapy - laser - electrocautery