Flexible bronchoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure used to examine the airways and lungs. It is commonly performed for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, such as obtaining tissue samples or ...

Today, however, pediatric pulmonologists perform flexible bronchoscopy more often on children than rigid bronchoscopy. Due to this preference, this section focuses on flexible bronchoscopy.

A bronchoscopy is a medical procedure that allows healthcare providers to look inside your airways and lungs using a bronchoscope—a thin and flexible tube with a small camera. A pulmonologist (a ...

A systematic review of flexible bronchoscopy for removing foreign bodies in children found that this method successfully removed foreign bodies in approximately 87.1% of cases, with low ...

After waking up from the procedure, he told me he could take full breaths for the first time in years,” Dr. Mark Sigler said of one patient.

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They may perform a bronchoscopy, which involves passing a long, flexible bronchoscope tube through your mouth or nose and down your windpipe (trachea) to access your lungs and remove a small ...

This guideline is based on the best available evidence and is a revised update of the British Thoracic Society guideline on diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy. Flexible bronchoscopy in adults is an ...

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In view of limited resources, the follow-up period will be the interval from awakening from anaesthesia to 24 hours after bronchoscopy. Flexible bronchoscopy is a valuable tool for diagnosing and ...