CONTEMPORARY BRONCHOSCOPY POSSIBILITIES

  • Guoda Pilkauskaitė
  • Marius Žemaitis
Keywords: bronchoscopy, endoscopic diagnostics and treatment, autofluorescence bronchoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound

Abstract

Bronchology is one of the most important parts of inerventional
pulmonology, that focuses on diagnostics and treatment of malignant and nonmalignant respiratory system disorders. The variety of new scopes and technological innovations has enhansed its importance in everyday practice History of bronchology, the possibilities to use rigid and flexible bornchoscopes, the place of autoflorescence bronchoscopy and endocsopic utrasound in nowadays pulmonology and the management of airway stenoses are discussed in this article.

Author Biographies

Guoda Pilkauskaitė

Department of Pulmonology and Immunology, Kaunas University of Medicine

Marius Žemaitis

Department of Pulmonology and Immunology, Kaunas University of Medicine

How to Cite
1.
Pilkauskaitė G, Žemaitis M. CONTEMPORARY BRONCHOSCOPY POSSIBILITIES [Internet]. PIA 2008 May;3(1):12-14.[cited 2024 Jul. 20 ] Available from: http://pia.pulmoalerg.lt/index.php/PIA/article/view/505