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. 2021;18(6):405-418.
doi: 10.1007/s10405-021-00413-1. Epub 2021 Oct 7.

[Interventional bronchoscopy-an overview]

[Article in German]
R Eberhardt  1 , A Holland  2 , C Petermann  3 , F Bornitz  1 , W Gesierich  4
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[Interventional bronchoscopy-an overview]

[Article in German]
R Eberhardt et al. Pneumologe (Berl). 2021.

Abstract
in English, German

In addition to lung function testing and radiological imaging, bronchoscopy is the most important diagnostic tool in patients with bronchial and pulmonary diseases. Through the combined use of flexible and rigid bronchoscopes, nowadays bronchoscopy can be increasingly used as an endoscopic treatment procedure for pulmonary diseases. In cases of thoracic tumors interventional bronchoscopy provides palliative and curative treatment modalities. Apart from bronchoscopic tumor treatment, techniques for endoscopic lung volume reduction have increasingly come into focus in recent years. Furthermore, treatment options for asthma and chronic bronchitis as well as airway stenosis and fistulas are available.

Die Bronchoskopie stellt neben der Lungenfunktion und der radiologischen Bildgebung das wichtigste Diagnostikum bei Patienten mit Atemwegs- und Lungenerkrankungen dar. Aufgrund des kombinierten Einsatzes flexibler und starrer Bronchoskope kommt sie heutzutage aber auch zunehmend als endoskopisches Therapieverfahren bei pulmonalen Erkrankungen in Frage. Bei thorakalen Tumoren kann die interventionelle Bronchoskopie sowohl in palliativer als auch kurativer Intention zum Einsatz kommen. Neben der bronchoskopischen Tumorbehandlung rückten in den letzten Jahren zunehmend die Techniken der endoskopischen Lungenvolumenreduktion in den Fokus. Darüber hinaus bieten sich Therapiemöglichkeiten für Asthma und chronische Bronchitis sowie bei Atemwegsstenosen und -fisteln.

Keywords: Ablation techniques, tumor; Airway stent; Bronchoscopic surgical procedures; Endoscopic lung volume reduction; Lung neoplasms.

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