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Bronchoscopy: Rigid and Flexible

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Bronchoscopy is an essential skill all practicing thoracic surgeons should acquire during their training. The interpretation of findings of bronchoscopy and therapeutic bronchoscopy has significant implications in the management and outcome of many parenchymal and diseases of tracheobronchial tree. Flexible bronchoscopy allows assessments of airways as well as some therapeutic manoeuvres that are mainly performed by the physicians. The advancement in minimally invasive endoscopic surgery has taken place in recent years allowing many additional bronchoscopic procedures such as endobronchial ablation, stenting of the airways and endobronchial valve placements for emphysema.

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Acknowledgements

Late Mr FJ Collins for imparting the wisdom of bronchoscopic techniques to many consultants in the United Kingdom.

Akhash V Rathinam for illustrations.

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  1. Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Sridhar Rathinam FRCS.Ed. (CSiG), FRCS.Ed. (CTh)

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Dakshesh Parikh

  2. Regional Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Pala B. Rajesh

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Rathinam, S. (2018). Bronchoscopy: Rigid and Flexible. In: Parikh, D., Rajesh, P. (eds) Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7355-7_22

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