Bronchoscopes of the twenty-first century

Lonny Yarmus; David Feller-Kopman

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2009.11.002

Bronchoscopes of the twenty-first century

Clin Chest Med. 2010 Mar;31(1):19-27, Table of Contents. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2009.11.002.

Authors

Lonny Yarmus¹, David Feller-Kopman

Affiliation

¹ Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1830 East Monument Street, 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

PMID: 20172429
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2009.11.002

Abstract

Over the past century, bronchoscopy has become an essential tool for pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons, who for many years have employed bronchoscopy with such therapeutic modalities as laser therapy, electrocautery, cryotherapy, and stent placement. Over the past decade, advanced imaging techniques, such as autofluoresence bronchoscopy, electromagnetic navigation, narrow-band imaging, confocal fluorescence microendoscopy, and endobronchial ultrasound, have greatly expanded the diagnostic utility of bronchoscopy. This article reviews the technological advances in the field of diagnostic bronchoscopy.

MeSH terms

Biopsy, Needle / methods
Bronchoscopes* / trends
Bronchoscopy / methods*
Equipment Design
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Microscopy, Confocal
Tomography, Optical Coherence