Context: Rigid bronchoscopy has been time tested modality for management of acute respiratory distress, especially in paediatric cases of foreign body in bronchus. However, there still persists dilemma regarding its application in conditions other than foreign body bronchus. Aims: To explore extended indications of rigid bronchoscopy in paediatric cases with acute respiratory distress . Setting...

Editorials authoritative review articles addressing the various aspects ofbronchoscopy is quite obvious. Granted that bronchoscopy is a procedure learned by observing and performing, not by reading manuals and papers, one must recognize that one cannot always learn all the nuances ofthe procedure from one’s teacher. As in any area of surgery, the experience gained is often directly proportional...

OBJECTIVE Interventional bronchoscopy procedures are novel and effective modes of diagnosing and treating airway lesions. Airway management and ventilation are a major concern, especially when considering the fire hazard of ventilating during endobronchial thermal therapies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usage of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) compared to rigid bronchoscopy for the ven...

Topical anesthesia for flexible bronchoscopy can be achieved in several ways like administration of an anesthetic agents by injecting through cricothyroid membrane,by giving drug lignocaine through Nebulization, 3}administering the drug through oral spray. Nebulization of lidocaine can achieve very satisfying anesthesia comparable to oral spraying with significant low plasma levels of the drug....

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the importance of flexible bronchoscopy in tracheostomy patients in the process of decannulation to assess the incidence and types of laryngotracheal injury and compare the presence of such lesions with clinical criteria used for decannulation. METHODS We studied 51 tracheostomized patients aged between 19 and 87 years, with tracheal stent for a mean of 46 ± 28 days and ...

INTRODUCTION Esophageal cancer staging has been performed through bronchoscopy, computerized tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Whereas CT and PET scan provide assessments of distant metastasis, bronchoscopy importantly diagnoses tracheobronchial involvement, complementing chest CT findings. EUS is the most accurate examination for T and N stag...

We have developed a new internal cooled electrode for radiofrequency ablation (RFA) (Japan Application no. 2006-88228) suitable for forceps channel bronchoscopy. Here, we present our clinical experience with bronchoscopy-guided RFA under computed tomography (CT) monitoring for patients with peripheral-type non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Bronchoscopy-guided RFA was performed in two patients...

OBJECTIVE To describe our experience with ketamine sedation during infant flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. Infants were sedated with midazolam and ketamine with or without fentanyl. The sedation regimen, final procedure performed, procedure duration, and complications were recorded. Complication rates between infants 6 months of age and b...