Endobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscopy
A specialized bronchoscope (a long, flexible tube) with a small ultrasound attached at its tip allows for real time biopsy of lymph glands and tumors located adjacent to the airway.
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We offer a multidisciplinary approach for our patients at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. We provide complete pleural care and have skilled physicians knowledgeable about numerous advanced bronchoscopy procedures. We encourage you to learn all you can about your disease so you can partner with us in treating and managing your condition.
A specialized bronchoscope (a long, flexible tube) with a small ultrasound attached at its tip allows for real time biopsy of lymph glands and tumors located adjacent to the airway.
A 3D map of your lung is generated using a special CT scan of your chest and computer software.
Specialized small bronchoscopes are used to approach the lung nodule. An ultrasound catheter is then used to confirm the location of the lung nodule before biopsy.
A flexible scope with a camera and light source at its tip allow for direct examination of the voice box and airway to diagnose and treat lung diseases like chronic cough, bleeding in the airway, foreign body aspiration, etc.
Under ultrasound guidance a curved plastic catheter is placed into the pleural space to treat infection and lung collapse.
We perform both flexible and rigid pleuroscopy to diagnose and treat pleural diseases. Only an 8-millimeter incision is made between two ribs to pass the scope into the pleural space.
The catheter is placed to help patients that have a lot of fluid in the sac around the lungs.
Performed by our expertly trained pulmonary specialists, this procedure involves hollow metal rods being used to treat complex airway diseases and central tumors. The rigid bronchoscopy is used as a dilating and cutting tool with an advantage to tamponade a bleeding area in the airway.
We use special airway balloons and rigid bronchoscope to dilate a narrowed segment of the airway.
An airway stent is a silicone tube or metal spring-like device that is placed to splint a focal area of narrowing in the airway due to a tumor or scarring.
An umbrella-like plastic device is placed to close off a segment of the lung with post-surgical air leak. A balloon catheter is used to find the branch of the airway that is leaking before the placement of one or more valves.
A specialized laser, argon plasma coagulation or electrocautery is used to heat treat the tumor located in the airway to minimize bleeding before removal.
Different bronchoscopy equipment is used in removal of aspirated foreign objects in the airway depending upon the location, size, texture and shape of the object.
This procedure is an alternative to surgical lung biopsy in patients with interstitial lung disease. The tip of the catheter freezes to minus 70 degrees Celsius, allowing for a larger biopsy sample.
This procedure is only offered to patients with severe persistent asthma despite maximal medical management. A special catheter is used to deliver heat therapy to different areas of the airway.
Patients with alveolar proteinosis are treated with whole lung lavage, usually 20 liters of normal saline, to remove deposited proteinaceous material in the lung.
At Norton Thoracic Institute, patients receive care in specialty pulmonary clinics staffed and equipped to diagnose and treat issues related to the lungs.
Our team of health professionals in each clinic stay on the cutting edge of new treatment options, so patients receive the best available care. The goal of the Advanced Lung Disease Program and Interventional Pulmonology Program are to partner with patients and their primary care providers to manage their disease, to provide the best treatment, and optimize quality of life.
For more information about Interventional Pulmonology at Norton Thoracic Institute, please call: (855) 577-3572