STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine whether routine scheduling of surveillance flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy is warranted within 2 to 3 months after silicone stent insertion for central airway obstruction. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING University medical center. PATIENTS All patients with silicone stents placed for benign or malignant tracheobronchial obstruction during a 3-year...

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...

Forty-five specimens were obtained by sequential translaryngeal aspiration and fiberoptic bronchoscopy from 31 clinically uninfected patients with lung cancer in order to evaluate the reliability of routine fiberoptic bronehoscopy for culture of the tower respiratory tract. Bacteria were recovered from 98 percent (44) of the specimens obtained ‘via fiberoptic bronchoscopy and from 58 percent (2...

tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (to) is a rare and usually benign disorder affecting the trachea and occasionally the bronchi. a case of to was diagnosed in a 61 year old male farmer presenting with pulmonary infections and prolonged productive cough. a bronchoscopy revealed multiple nodular excrescences aong the anterolateral wall of the trachea and main bronchi. ct scans showed mode...

OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic yield and safety of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FFB). METHODS A retrospective review of bronchoscopy reports and corresponding patients charts over 3 years from January 2004 - December 2006 in King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Indication for procedure, suspected diagnosis, final diagnosis, and complications were reported...

the latest american heart association (aha) statement for preventing infectious endocarditis, has not recommended prophylactic antibiotic therapy prior to fiberoptic bronchoscopy (fb) except for patients with preexisting predisposing cardiac conditions. our aim was to determine the incidence of bacteriemia and fever following fb in our experience and compare with those which have been mentioned...