Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to see inside the airways of your lungs. If a small piece of tissue is taken during the procedure, it’s called a transbronchial biopsy and is used ...

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is introducing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, offering safer early detection for lung disease.

New robotic bronchoscopy technology at Sentara Leigh allows doctors to reach lung nodules that were previously too small or deep to biopsy.

Bronchoscopy side effects may include numbness and soreness in the throat, sedation, and low oxygen blood levels. Although bronchoscopy is usually safe, it has a risk of complications, such as ...

A flexible bronchoscopy is a medical procedure that allows a doctor to examine the inside of the airways. Doctors pass a tube-like device into the airways to diagnose medical conditions, take biopsies ...

Oral antiplatelet agents such as aspirin and clopidogrel are used to prevent strokes, heart attacks, and other atherothrombotic events. Certain invasive procedures carry a degree of bleeding risk that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diagnostic yield was comparable between navigational bronchoscopy and CT-guided biopsy. Trial investigator ...

According to the American Association for Respiratory Care guidelines for bronchoscopy, "coagulopathy or bleeding diathesis that cannot be corrected" is an absolute contraindication to bronchoscopy.