Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic Endoscopy -- Tracheobronchial Anatomy / Juan Antonio Moya Amorós, Anna Ureña Lluberas -- Flexible Bronchoscopy / Alicia N. Rodriguez -- Rigid Bronchoscopy / Jose Pablo Díaz-Jimenez, Alicia N. Rodriguez -- Anesthesia for Interventional Bronchoscopic Procedures / Mona Sarkiss -- Evaluating Outcomes After Interventional Procedures / Teruomi Miyazawa, Hiroki Nishine -- Bronchoscopy Education: New Insights / Henri G. Colt -- Tracheobronchial Obstructions -- Reopening the Airway: Fast Methods--Laser-Assisted Mechanical Resection, Electrocautery, and Argon Plasma Coagulation / Michela Bezzi -- Cryotherapy / Jose Pablo Díaz-Jimenez, Rachid Tazi Mezalek -- Endobronchial Brachytherapy: Concept, Indications, Technique, and Outcomes / Aruna Turaka, Michael Unger -- Photodynamic Therapy for Early and Advanced Lung Cancer / Jose Pablo Díaz-Jimenez, Rachid Tazi Mezalek -- Benign Tracheal and Bronchial Stenosis / Jose Pablo Díaz-Jimenez, Rosa M. López Lisbona -- Endobronchial Prosthesis / Septimiu Dan Murgu --

Lung Cancer Diagnosis -- Early Lung Cancer: Methods for Detection / Kazuhiro Yasufuku -- Diagnostic of Lung Cancer: Confocal Bronchoscopy / Luc Thiberville, Mathieu Salaun -- Optical Coherence Tomography / Norihiko Ikeda, Stephen Lam -- Electromagnetic Navigation / Yaser Abu El-Sameed, Elif Küpeli, Atul C. Mehta -- Lung Cancer Screening and the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) / Fabien Maldonado, Eric S. Edell -- Tissue Acquisition in Patients with Suspected Lung Cancer: Techniques Available to the Pulmonologist / Vikas Pathak, M. Patricia Rivera -- Lung Cancer Staging -- The New Lung Cancer TNM Classification: Review and Clinical Implications / Roberto F. Casal, Rodolfo C. Morice -- Mediastinoscopy and Its Variants / Ramón Rami-Porta -- Endobronchial Ultrasound: Basic Principles / Antoni Rosell Gratacos, Noelia Cubero -- Endobronchial Ultrasound: Clinical Applications / Donald Ray Lazarus, Carlos A. Jimenez, George A. Eapen -- Pleural Conditions -- Pleural Anatomy / Juan Antonio Moya Amorós, Anna Ureña Lluberas -- Medical Thoracoscopy / Francisco Rodriguez-Panadero --

Overview of the Spectrum of Chest Tubes with Focus on the Tunneled Pleural Catheter: Disease-Specific Selection / Ghazwan Acash, Carla R. Lamb -- Interventional Bronchoscopy in Asthma and Emphysema -- Endoscopic Methods for Lung Volume Reduction / Luis M. Seijo -- Transbronchoscopic Emphysema Treatment with One-Way Zephyr Valves / Amarilio Vieira de Macedo-Neto, Hugo G. de Oliveira -- Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction for Treatment of Advanced Emphysema Using Injectable Hydrogels / Edward P. Ingenito -- Bronchial Thermoplasty / Adrian Shifren, Praveen Chenna, Alexander Chen -- Interventional Bronchoscopy in Special Situations -- Percutaneous Tracheostomy / Anthony W. Gray Jr -- Bronchoscopy Role in Interstitial Lung Disease / Maria Molina-Molina -- Endoscopic Foreign Body Removal / Karen L. Swanson -- Interventional Pulmonology in the Intensive Care Unit / Hector A. Defranchi, Sebastian Defranchi -- Conclusions -- Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology: Reflections on the Past, the Present, and the Future / Udaya B. S. Prakash.

Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine is an important new volume that addresses all areas of interventional pulmonology, a minimally invasive endoscopic way to diagnose and treat lung disorders. This volume contains dedicated chapters that outline the many issues related to lung cancer, both in early and advanced stages, from diagnosis to personalized treatment. It also covers bronchoscopic therapeutic options to benign conditions that are highly prevalent, such as COPD and asthma. Techniques described in this volume are: laser therapy, argon plasma coagulation therapy, cryotherapy, brachytherapy, placement of intrapleural drainage systems, endoscopic treatment of emphysema, stents in the airway, and thermoplasty for bronchial asthma. Diagnostic procedures that are covered are: medical thoracoscopy, flexible and rigid bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, electromagnetical navigation, and trends in personalized treatment for lung cancer and other benign lung conditions. Chapters are written by experts and the developers of the techniques that are currently considered gold standard. Evidence-based reviews are presented for all topics and indications, and contraindications are discussed. Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine is a must have for pulmonologists, endoscopists, pulmonary oncologists, ENT physicians, thoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and intensive care specialists and their teams.-- Source other than Library of Congress.