Rigid Bronchoscopy

Diaz-Mendoza, Javier MD
Peralta, Rolando A. MD
Debiane, Labib MD
Simoff, Michael J. MD, FACP, FCCP

¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
²Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Interventional Pulmonology Program, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

Address for correspondence Javier Diaz-Mendoza, MD, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, [email protected]

Seminars in Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 39(6):p 674-684, December 2018. | DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1676647

Abstract

Rigid bronchoscopy is one of the oldest medical techniques used in the respiratory and thoracic fields. Even though its use declined after the development of flexible bronchoscopy, it has again gained importance with the growth of interventional pulmonology, becoming a critical technique taught as part of the training in this subspecialty. The therapeutic advantages compared to other approaches of thoracic pathologies makes rigid bronchoscopy a primary component in the present and future of interventional pulmonary medicine.