Bronchoscopy

In this edition, recurrence-free survival estimates in less advanced lung cancer, bronchoscopy-guided microwave ablation safe in lung abnormality and more.

The safety of three therapeutic methods, each featuring electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy-guided microwave ablation, was established in patients with multiple bilateral ground-glass opacities, according to study results.

In this edition, robotic-assisted bronchoscopy a ‘game changer’, global mortality related to tobacco drops, particulate matter rises and more.

Robotic bronchoscopy can help diagnose spots in the lungs when they are still small, catching cancer sooner and saving many more lives. The earlier you can diagnose someone with lung cancer, the more potential you have to cure them.

BOSTON — Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy safely targeted small and peripheral lesions with robust diagnostic yield across a range of definitions and methodologies, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Patients with central airway obstruction are often treated by multiple clinicians from different specialties, leading to varied management of the patients, according to a press release.

Among patients with moderate-risk peripheral lung nodules, a robotic bronchoscopy system had high diagnostic yield, according to results published in Respirology.

SAN DIEGO — Fewer patients with lung nodules had complications during a navigational bronchoscopy procedure vs. a CT-guided biopsy, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with COPD treated with targeted lung denervation along with optimal COPD therapy experienced fewer exacerbations over 2 years, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Through the power of technology, interventional pulmonology has grown to become a major subspecialty that aids in early diagnosis and treatment of severe lung diseases, such as lung cancer.