Thoracic Endoscopy Advances in Interventional Pulmonology

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.