Flexible bronchoscopy has changed the course of pulmonary medicine. As technology advances, the role of the flexible bronchoscope for both diagnostic and therapeutic indications is continually expanding. This article reviews the historical development of the flexible bronchoscopy, fundamental uses of the flexible bronchoscope as a tool to examine the central airways and obtain diagnostic tissue, and the indications, complications, and contraindications to flexible bronchoscopy.
Flexible Bronchoscopy.
Russell J. Miller,R. Casal,D. Lazarus,D. Ost,G. Eapen
Published 2023 in Clinics in Chest Medicine
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2023
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Clinics in Chest Medicine
- Publication date
2023-08-01
- Fields of study
Medicine
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Semantic Scholar, PubMed
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