RT Book, Section
A1 Vachani, Anil
A1 Sterman, Daniel H.
A2 Grippi, Michael A.
A2 Elias, Jack A.
A2 Fishman, Jay A.
A2 Kotloff, Robert M.
A2 Pack, Allan I.
A2 Senior, Robert M.
A2 Siegel, Mark D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1122358279
T1 Diagnostic Bronchoscopy, Transthoracic Needle Biopsy, and Related Procedures
T2 Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179672-9
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122358279
RD 2024/04/24
AB Gustav  Killian  reported  his  experience  with  the  first  bronchoscopy  in  1898.  Technological  advances  during  the  next  century  facilitated  development  of  bronchoscopy  as  a  pivotal  diagnostic  and  therapeutic  tool  in  pulmonary  medicine.  Although  a  number  of  bronchoesophagologists  contributed  to  refinement  of  the  technique  based  upon  use  of  a  rigid  instrument,  the  advent  of  flexible  fiberoptic  bronchoscopy,  pioneered  by  Ikeda  in  1967,  opened  new  horizons  to  clinicians.  More  recently,  transthoracic  needle  biopsy  (TTNB)  has  been  added  to  the  pulmonologist's  diagnostic  armamentarium,  although  it  is  now  most  frequently  performed  by  radiologists  under  CT  guidance.