Recent advances in therapeutic bronchoscopy
Date
2012
Authors
Thakkar M.S.
Von Groote-Bidlingmaier F.
Bolliger C.T.
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Abstract
Therapeutic bronchoscopy has come a long way from removal of foreign bodies to minimally invasive techniques in management of diseases like lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. This article discusses the exciting new techniques of therapeutic bronchoscopy namely; bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, bronchial thermoplasty, radiofrequency ablation, and use of fiducial markers in external beam irradiation.
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Review
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Asthma, Bronchial thermoplasty, Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Fiducial markers in external beam irradiation, Lung cancer, Radiofrequency ablation, Therapeutic bronchoscopy
Citation
Swiss Medical Weekly
142
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142
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