Fire and Ice: Laser Bronchoscopy, Electrocautery and Cryotherapy

Jantz, Michael A.; Silvestri, Gerard A.

doi:10.1002/9780470755969.ch8

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“…A large rip in the bronchus may lead to re-stenosis (29) when the bronchial stenosis heals. When balloon dilation is conducted in the left or right main bronchus at the carina of the trachea, it is important that the balloon does not block a large section of the lumen of the main bronchi.…”

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Therapeutic effects of sequential therapy by electric coagulation, cryotherapy and balloon dilation with an electronic video bronchoscope

Nan

Jin

et al. 2013

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

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The aim of the current study was to retrospectively analyze clinical data concerning bronchostenosis or bronchial obstruction caused by endobronchial tuberculosis. Fifty-six cases were subjected to bronchoscopy and chest computed tomography to assess the prognosis of bronchostenosis and bronchial obstruction. Based on reliable and effective anti-pulmonary tuberculosis therapy, these conditions were treated sequentially by electric coagulation, cryotherapy and balloon dilation with an electronic video bronchoscope during outpatient consultation or inpatient hospitalization. Fifty-three subjects with bronchostenosis recovered to varying degrees, a recovery rate of 94.6%. Thirteen of the 15 cases with bronchial obstruction reopened (86.7%). The clinical symptoms of these cases appeared to be in remission. Bronchostenosis or bronchial obstruction resulting from endobronchial tuberculosis may be treated by electric coagulation, cryotherapy and balloon dilation with an electronic video bronchoscope.

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