Bronchoscopy and Central Airway Disorders

• ContentsPreface How to Use This Book: The "Four Box" ApproachSection 1. Practical Approach to Benign Exophytic Airway Obstruction1. Rigid Bronchoscopy With Laser Resection for Tracheal Obstruction From Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis2. Endoscopic therapy of endobronchial typical carcinoid 3. Bronchoscopic treatment of silicone stent-related granulation tissue4. Bronchoscopic Removal of a Broncholith From the Lateral Wall of the Proximal Bronchus Intermedius5. Treatment of tracheobronchial aspergillosis superimposed on post tuberculosis-related tracheal strictureSection 2. Practical Approach to Benign Tracheal Stenosis6. Bronchoscopic Treatment of Idiopathic Laryngotracheal Stenosis With Glottis Involvement7. Idiopathic subglottic stenosis without glottis involvement8. Post Intubation Tracheal Stenosis9. Bronchoscopic Treatment of Post Tracheostomy Tracheal Stenosis With Chondritis10. Bronchoscopic Treatment of Wegener's Granulomatosis-Related Subglottic Stenosis Section 3. Practical Approach to Expiratory Central Airway Collapse11. Silicone Stent Insertion for Focal Crescent Type Tracheomalacia in a Patient With sarcoidosis12. Stent insertion for diffuse circumferential tracheobronchomalacia caused by relapsing polychondritis13. CPAP treatment for moderate diffuse excessive dynamic airway collapse caused by Mounier-Kuhn syndrome14. Stent insertion for severe diffuse excessive dynamic airway collapse caused by COPDSection 4. Practical Approach to Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy (EBUS and alternatives)15. EBUS-TBNA for Right Upper Lobe Mass and Right Lower Paratracheal Lymphadenopathy 16: EBUS-TBNA of right lower paratracheal lymph node (station 4R)17: EBUS-TBNA of a left lower paratracheal node (level 4L) in a patient with a left upper lobe lung mass and suspected lung cancer18. EBUS-TBNA for Subcentimeter PET Negative Subcarinal LAD (Station 7) and a Right Lower Lobe Pulmonary Nodule19. EBUS-Guided TBNA for isolated subcarinal lymphadenopathy (station 7).Section 5. Practical Approach to Malignant Central Airway Obstruction20. Stent insertion for extrinsic tracheal obstruction caused by thyroid carcinoma21. Rigid bronchoscopy tumor debulking and silicone stent insertion for mixed malignant tracheal obstruction caused by esophageal carcinoma22. Rigid bronchoscopy with laser and stent placement for bronchus intermedius obstruction from lung cancer involving the right main pulmonary artery23: Photodynamic therapy for palliation of infiltrative endoluminal obstruction at left secondary carina and left lower lobe bronchus24. Rigid Bronchoscopy With Y Stent Insertion at Left Secondary CarinaSection 6. Practical Approach to Other Central Airway Disease Processes25: Rigid bronchoscopy for removal of a foreign body lodged in the right lower lobe bronchus26. Treatment of critical left main bronchial obstruction and acute respiratory failure in the setting of right pneumonectomy 27. Stent insertion for tracheo-broncho-esophageal fistula at the level of lower trachea and left mainstem bronchus28. Rigid bronchoscopic intervention for central airway obstruction and concurrent superior vena cava syndrome caused by small cell carcinoma29. Bronchoscopic treatment of a large right mainstem bronchial stump fistula30. Hemoptysis caused by distal left main bronchial tumor in a patient with primary lung adenocarcinoma Section 7. Case-Based Self-Assessment QuestionsIndex

"The book covers central airway disease processes, both benign and malignant. It contains very good illustrations, as well as videos that are very helpful in understanding the procedures. The consistent format of the chapters, starting with the case descriptions and continuing with discussion points, is helpful.The expert commentary at the end of each chapter is a unique and helpful feature. This book is very useful for interventional pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons. Particularly helpful are the descriptions and illustrations of the actual procedures. " - Mohammed said Ghanamah, MD(University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)