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Rigid bronchoscopy. The forgotten art
1Division of Thoracic Diseases and Critical Care, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Clinics in Chest Medicine
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
Rigid bronchoscopy is superior to flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in several clinical situations. General anesthesia is usually used with side port ventilation. In children, removal of foreign bodies is an important indication. Tracheal stricture dilatation and cryotherapy are indications in adults, but laser bronchoscopy has become the major indication for rigid bronchoscopy in adult medicine.
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