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A very good morning, Bronchoscopy is a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure which is done only by Pulmonologists. There are two types of bronchoscopes.
1. Flexible bronchoscopy 2. Rigid bronchoscopy.
Through Flexible bronchoscope, we visualise the airways. We do this if the patient is having any abnormalities on the imaging or persisting cough. It helps us to clear the secretions, to collect the samples for the diagnosis of infections, Endobronchial biopsies to diagnosis cancers, tumors, infections etc., Where as Rigid bronchoscope is only done for therapeutic purposes. Some of the therapeutic purposes are:
Risks always involve based on the purpose of procedure. Flexible bronchoscopy is generally a safe procedure. Few risks like excessive bleeding from the biopsy site, vocal cord injury, sudden cardiac arrest are seen in less than 1% of patients.
Pulmonologist
Well, lung bronchoscopy is a simple daycare procedure .. it has few complications like cough and throat pain post procedure .. generally mild sedation is used during the procedure to reduce the cough and anxiety. Complications last only for a few hours.
Pulmonologist
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