Bronchology – Past, Present and Future Diagnostic Procedures
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The History of Bronchoscopy – an Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Operative Requirements and Basic Principles
of Anesthesia for Bronchoscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–10
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Goals
obtained with Combined Bronchoscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–12
New Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Bronchial Aspirate Reports (300 cases)
Histopathology of Transbronchial Biopsies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Prospective Screening Trials for Lung Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Molecular Markers in Screening
Immunostaining of Sputum Specimens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Blind Segmental Brush Biopsies
Basic Facts Significant in the Detection of Early Stage Malignancy . . . 16
Early Detection
Basic Principles of the Physics of Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Basic Principles of the
Biophysics of Autofluorescence/Fluorescence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–19
1. Photofluorescence (Hayata-Kato) with Krypton-ion
Laser Beam and Photodynamic Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2. Indirect Imaging Fluorescence Endoscopic System
using HeCd-Laser Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3. KARL STORZ D-LIGHT AF Autofluorescence System
using Filtered Xenon Light – Direct Imaging Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Overview of Clinical Cases,
Representative Bronchoscopic Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23–25
4. Fluorescence System KARL STORZ D-LIGHT AF
using Filtered Xenon Light – Direct Imaging Technique
With Administration of 5-ALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–27
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Suggested Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28–29
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Autofluorescence (AF) and Photodynamic Diagnosis (PDD)
Broncho-Fiberscopes and Accessories
HOPKINS® Telescopes for use with Adult Ventilation Bronchoscopes,
Optical Forceps and Steerable Optical Biopsy Instruments
KARL STORZ Endovision Video Camera Systems
TELECAM® SL-PDD and TRICAM® SL-PDD
KARL STORZ D-LIGHT AF System and Accessories for
Illumination, Video Documentation and Data Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31–40
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