What is a flexible bronchoscopy?
ANSWER
During bronchoscopy, a doctor advances a flexible endoscope (bronchoscope) through a person's mouth or nose into the windpipe. The doctor advances the bronchoscope through the airways in each lung, checking for problems. Images from inside the lung are displayed on a video screen.
The bronchoscope has a channel at its tip, through which a doctor can pass small tools. Using these tools, the doctor can perform several other procedures.
Reviewed by Carol DerSarkissian on January 15, 2020
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Mason, R. , 5th edition, Saunders, 2010. Murray and Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine
Kennedy. M.P. 2008; vol 29: pp 453-464. Seminars in Respiratory Critical Care Medicine,
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SOURCES:
Mason, R. , 5th edition, Saunders, 2010. Murray and Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine
Kennedy. M.P. 2008; vol 29: pp 453-464. Seminars in Respiratory Critical Care Medicine,
Yoneda, K.Y. 2007; vol 8: pp 535-547. Clinical Lung Cancer,
Haas, A.R. 2007; vol 132: pp 1036-1041. Chest,
Folch, E. 2008; vol 29: pp 441-452. Seminars in Respiratory Critical Care Medicine,
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