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Diagnosis and Interventional Therapy by Bronchoscopy

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Bronchoscopy is a clinical technique involving the insertion of a flexible tube into the bronchus which allows medical professionals to inspect, diagnose, and treat lesions associated with tuberculosis (TB), as well as makes interventions such as drug delivery, sputum aspiration, and excisions possible. The diagnostic techniques include biopsy, brushing, washing, and lavage. Interventional therapies by bronchoscopy include cryotherapy, balloon dilation, argon plasma coagulation, and expansion therapy. The most common complications of bronchoscopy are bleeding, anesthetic drug allergies, laryngeal spasm, and hypertensive crisis. Because bronchoscopy is an interventional operation, diagnosis and therapy via bronchoscopy should be more in line with ethical requirements and health economics.

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  1. Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, 97 Machang Street, Tongzhou District, Beijing, 101149, China

    Yu Fu

  2. Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, 97 Machang Street, Tongzhou District, Beijing, 101149, China

    Weimin Ding M.D.

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  1. Haikou VTI Biological Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Yichen Lu

  2. Chinese Nat’l Ctr Disease Control and Prevention, Nat’l Center for TB Control & Prevention Chinese Nat’l Ctr Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

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  3. National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

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  4. Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

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  5. Vaccine Technologies, Inc., Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

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Fu, Y., Ding, W. (2017). Diagnosis and Interventional Therapy by Bronchoscopy. In: Lu, Y., Wang, L., Duanmu, H., Chanyasulkit, C., Strong, A., Zhang, H. (eds) Handbook of Global Tuberculosis Control. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6667-7_15

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