Thoracic Endoscopy

Michael J. Simoff, MD, Director, Bronchoscopy & Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USADaniel H. Sterman, MD, Director, Interventional Pulmonology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA Armin Ernst, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine & Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

• Part I Advances in Diagnostic Bronchology. 1 Autofluorescence in the Detection of Lung Cancer.(Michael J. Simoff).2 New Technologies for the Endobronchial Assessment of the Pulmonary Tract.(Mark E. Brezinski).3 Endobronchial Ultrasound.(Felix J.F. Herth & Heinrich D. Becker).4 Advances in Diagnostic Bronchoscopy: Virtual Bronchoscopy and Advanced Airway Imaging.(Rex C. Yung & Leo Patrick Lawler).5 Medical Simulation: Current uses and Future Applications. (Joseph L. Tasto & Jonathan P. Balcombe).6 Bronchoscopy and Computer Technology.(Heinrich D. Becker).Part II Advances in Therapeutic Bronchology.7 Rigid Bronchoscopy.(Jed A. Gorden & Douglas E.Wood).8 Fire and Ice: Laser Bronchoscopy, Electrocautery and Cryotherapy.(Michael A. Jantz & Gerard A. Silvestri).9 Photodynamic Therapy for Endobronchial Tumors: Palliation and Definitive Therapy.(David Ost).10 Stenting of the Tracheobronchial Tree.(Armin Ernst).11 Transtracheal Oxygen and Percutaneous Tracheotomy.(David Feller-Kopman).12 Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction.(Edward P. Ingenito & LarryW. Tsai).13 Endobronchial Gene Therapy.(Robert J. Kruklitis & Daniel H. Sterman).Part III Interventional Pleurology.14 Thoracentesis, Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of Pleura, Small-bore Catheter Drainage: Does Size Really Matter?.(Luis Miguel Seijo).15 Medical Thoracoscopy.(Sjaak A. Burgers).16 Photodynamic Therapy in the Pleural Space.(Paul Baas).17 Intrapleural Therapy: from BCG to Therapeutic Genes.(Andrew R. Haas & Daniel H. Sterman).Part IV Case Discussions.18 Management of Patients at Increased Risk for Lung Cancer.(Boyd T. Hehn & Michael J. Simoff).19 Staging of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: an Interventional Pulmonary Perspective.(J. Francis Turner, Jr & Arthur D. del Rosario).20 Management of Malignant Pleural effusions.(Michael S. Machuzak, Ali I. Musani & Daniel H. Sterman).21 Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax.(Michael H. Baumann).22 Obstruction of the Central Airways: Evaluation and Management. (William Lunn).23 Management of Massive Hemoptysis. (John Conforti).24 Management of Tracheobronchomalacia.(Kelly A. Carden & Armin Ernst).Index.