Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2008; 29(4): 441-452
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081286
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Airway Interventions in the Tracheobronchial Tree

Erik Folch1 , Atul C. Mehta1
  • 1Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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Publikationsdatum:
23. Juli 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

The field of interventional pulmonary medicine is a relatively new area in pulmonary medicine resulting from the technological advances, as well as the increasing need for palliative and curative treatment modalities for patients with tracheobronchial, parenchymal, and pleural disease. This article reviews the advances in endoscopic techniques aimed to the tracheobronchial tree, including foreign body removal, laser photoresection, electrosurgery, argon-plasma coagulation (APC), photodynamic therapy, cryotherapy, balloon bronchoplasty, stent placement, brachytherapy, bronchial thermoplasty, transtracheal oxygen catheter placement, as well as treatment of airway complications after lung transplantation.

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Erik FolchM.D. M.Sc. 

Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

9500 Euclid Ave., MC: A90, Cleveland, OH 44195

eMail: folche@ccf.org