Twenty-eight therapeutic bronchoscopic procedures with laser were carried out on 20 patients with primary lung cancer. Indications for laser bronchoscopic study were nonresectable, endoscopically visible tumor in patients who had any of the following complications after chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy: increasing dyspnea, postobstructive pneumonia, atelectasis, or hemoptysis from an endos...

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury patients present in the emergency room with a variable conscious status depending upon severity of injury. The process aspiration starts from scene trauma as and chest have higher rates pneumonia.
 Materials Methods: We conducted prospective study to assess impact bronchoscopy lavage aggressive physiotherapy on Critical Pulmonary Infection Score Patient...

OBJECTIVE To determine the usefulness of performing routine postprocedure chest radiographs (CXRs) following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) under bronchoscopic visualization. DESIGN Retrospective, chart review. SETTING Medical-surgical ICU of a teaching hospital. METHODS Sixty patients who underwent PDT under bronchoscopic visualization, for persistent ventilator dependence,...

BACKGROUND Prolonged pulmonary air leaks (PALs) are associated with increased morbidity and extended hospital stay. We sought to investigate the role of bronchoscopic placement of 1-way valves in treating this condition. METHODS We queried a prospectively maintained database of patients with PAL lasting more than 7 days at a tertiary medical center. Main outcome measures included duration of ...

OBJECTIVES The objective is to present clinical outcomes of subglottic and tracheal stenosis treated by flexible bronchoscopic delivery of carbon dioxide (CO2) laser via laryngeal mask airway (LMA). METHODS All consecutive, nontracheotomy dependent cases of subglottic and tracheal stenosis treated endoscopically over a 4-year period were retrospectively reviewed. The surgical approach consist...

BACKGROUND Tracheobronchial stenosis is a known complication of endobronchial tuberculosis. Despite antituberculous and steroid therapy, the development of bronchial stenosis is usually irreversible and requires airway patency to be restored by either bronchoscopic or surgical interventions. We report the use of balloon dilatation and topical mitomycin-C to successful restore airway patency. ...

AIMS AND BACKGROUND Malignant airway tumors in children have rarely been reported. We evaluated the safety and therapeutic effects of interventional bronchoscopic therapy in 8 children with malignant airway tumors. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN We retrospectively analyzed 8 children with malignant airway tumors diagnosed by pathology, and evaluated their clinical features, chest computer tomograph...

and its management can be challenging [1,2]. Although conventional surgical repair is effective, it is a complicated and traumatic procedure [3,4]. To overcome this difficulty, we have developed a set of nickel titanium (NiTi) bronchial occlusive implantation devices and we have successfully implanted one device in a patient with a BBF. A 60-year-old woman presented with recurring cough and exp...

The standard procedure for diagnosing lung cancer involves two stages: three-dimensional (3D) computed-tomography (CT) image assessment, followed by interventional bronchoscopy. In general, the physician has no link between the 3D CT image assessment results and the follow-on bronchoscopy. Thus, the physician essentially performs bronchoscopic biopsy of suspect cancer sites blindly. We have dev...