Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to see inside the airways of your lungs. If a small piece of tissue is taken during the procedure, it’s called a transbronchial biopsy and is used ...

A flexible bronchoscopy is a medical procedure that allows a doctor to examine the inside of the airways. Doctors pass a tube-like device into the airways to diagnose medical conditions, take biopsies ...

Bronchoscopy side effects may include numbness and soreness in the throat, sedation, and low oxygen blood levels. Although bronchoscopy is usually safe, it has a risk of complications, such as ...

Oral antiplatelet agents such as aspirin and clopidogrel are used to prevent strokes, heart attacks, and other atherothrombotic events. Certain invasive procedures carry a degree of bleeding risk that ...

As lung cancer screening identifies an estimated 1.6 million suspicious lung nodules each year in the U.S. alone, physicians face a challenge. Most peripheral pulmonary lesions are benign, yet the ...

Among adults undergoing transbronchial biopsy, use of a 1.1 mm cryoprobe resulted in a higher diagnostic yield vs. 2 mm ...

AMONG the cardinal symptoms of respiratory disease, hemoptysis is, if not the most frequent, at least the most frightening experience and constitutes a stern warning for both patient and doctor. Years ...

Lung nodule biopsies performed with new robotic bronchoscopy technology may be safer and more effective than those done by traditional methods, a study by researchers at UT Southwestern suggests. UT ...

A bronchoscopy is a medical device that lets doctors look into your lungs and airways. The procedure uses a thin tube with a small camera and light at the end. The doctor inserts it through your nose ...