[Chronic airway diseases: a new frontier in interventional pulmonology]

As medical science has advanced, the incidence of central airway lesions, traditionally the primary focus of interventional pulmonology, has decreased significantly. However, the large population suffering from chronic airway diseases, coupled with unmet treatment needs and a high demand for new technologies and methods, has greatly driven the innovation and application of interventional respiratory techniques. The development and clinical application of techniques such as lung volume reduction, targeted lung denervation, pulsed electric field technology, bronchial thermoplasty, and regenerative medicine for chronic airway diseases are providing new treatment options. Chronic airway diseases are becoming a new frontier in interventional pulmonology.