BRONCHOSCOPY contributes greatly to the diagnosis and treatment of intrathoracic disease. It is at once apparent that proper anesthesia serves the interest of both the bronchoscopist and the patient.

Cancer of the trachea affects the tube connecting the mouth and nose to the lungs. It is a rare form of cancer without a specific known cause. Tracheal cancers are classified as primary and secondary ...

Rigid bronchoscopy is an invasive procedure that is utilized to visualize the oropharynx, larynx, vocal cords, and tracheal bronchial tree. It is performed for both the diagnosis and treatment of lung ...

Tracheobronchial amyloidosis can be treated with bronchoscopic recanalization, pharmacotherapy, and external beam radiation therapy. Cryosurgery, dilatation and stenting, and laser resection are the 3 ...

At bronchoscopy on December 10 the mucosa became irregular approximately 5 cm. in the trachea, with heaped-up, multinodular, raised areas, which were seen around the circumference of the trachea. In ...

A flexible bronchoscopy is a medical procedure that allows a doctor to examine the inside of the airways. Doctors pass a tube-like device into the airways to diagnose medical conditions, take biopsies ...

The trachea is a tube-like structure in the neck and upper chest. It stretches from the larynx, or voice box, to the bronchi and transports air to and from the lungs when a person breathes. When a ...

HYDERABAD: A rare procedure of placing tracheal stent was performed at Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad recently. A team of Interventional Pulmonologists successfully implanted a nitinol TPFE based ...