BACKGROUND The utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the preoperative assessment of patients with esophageal cancer has not been thoroughly investigated. More accurate staging could improve the design of clinical trials and avoid inappropriate surgical decisions in individual patients. STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the utility of bronchoscopy in the preoperative assessment of airway invasion by...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the risk for complications with the use of sedation and analgesia techniques in pediatric fiberoptic bronchoscopy. DESIGN A retrospective case series. SETTING The ICU of a 325-bed tertiary care research hospital. PATIENTS Patients from 1 to 18 years of age who underwent fiberoptic bronchoscopy with BAL or transbronchial biopsy between June 1991 and December 1995 ...

Bronchoscopy is currently the most commonly employed invasive procedure in the practice of pulmonary medicine. Both the rigid and flexible bronchoscopes are used to diagnose and treat various pulmonary disorders, in children the main diagnostic indications include infections, diffuse lung diseases, and airway problems. The bronchoscope is used too in application of laser therapy, placement of a...