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Part 1: General Topics
1 History of the Rigid Bronchoscope
Heinrich D. Becker
2 General Principles of Endoscopic Imaging
Harald W. Dremel
3 The Bronchoscope: What's available, determining selection and how to properly care for the instrument
Robert Garland
4 Bronchoscopic Procedural Unit Design for Advanced Procedures
Robert Garland
5 Quality Control Mechanism for Endoscopic Procedures
Michael J. Simoff
6 Moderate and Deep Sedation Techniques
John Pawlowski
7 Physiology of Fixed Airway Obstruction
Ross K. Morgan
8 Airway Imaging
Claus P. Huessel
9 Airway Anatomy
Arthur Sung, MD, FCCP
10 Bronchoscopy Education
Henri G. Colt, MD, FCCP
11 Simulation for Endoscopy Training
Momen M. Wahidi
12 Principles of Cancer Staging
Paul Baas

Part 2: Bronchoscopy, Section 1: Diagnostic Procedures
13 Laryngoscopy
Ulrich Goessler
14 Assessment of Vocal Cord Function and Voice Disorders
Phillip Song
15 Conventional Biopsy Techniques
Stefano Gasparini
16 Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Franz Stanzel
17 Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
Felix F. J. Herth
18 Linear Endobronchial Ultrasound
Kazuhiro Yasufuku
19 Esophageal Ultrasound
Jouke T. Annema
20 EBUS Guidance for Peripheral Biopsies
Ralph Eberhardt
21 Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy and Narrow Band Imaging
Pyng Lee
22 Confocal Imaging
Devanand Anantham
23 Optical Coherence Tomography
Ross G. Michel
24 Image-guided Bronchoscopy
Rabih I. Bechara

Part 2: Bronchoscopy, Section 2: Therapeutic Interventions
25 Malignant Central Airway Obstruction
Ga tane Michaud
26 Management Principles of Non- malignant Airway Obstruction
Anantham Devanand
27 Rigid Bronchoscopy
Jed A. Gorden
28 Metallic Stenting
Mark Slade
29 Endobronchial Silicone Stents for Airway Management
Herv Dutau
30 Y-Stenting Techniques
Daniela Gompelmann
31 Montgomery T-tubes
Carla R. Lamb
32 Electrosurgery
Tom G. Sutedja
33 Cryotherapy and Cryodebridement
Ramez Sunna
34 Microdement
William Lunn
35 Use of Medical Lasers for Airway Disease
Jeffrey B. Hoag
36 Brachytherapy
Maher Tabba
37 Photodynamic Therapy
Chakravarthy Reddy
38 Balloon Dilation Techniques
Kevin L. Kovitz
39 Radiation Therapy and Techniques for Fiducial Placement
Martin L. Mayse
40 Management of Subglottic Stenosis and Subglottic Stenosis in Systemic Disease
Ant nio Bugalho
41 Treatment of Airway- Esophageal Fistulas
Lutz Freitag
42 Tendoscopic Management of Bronchopleural Fistulas
David M. Berkowitz
43 Endoscopic Lung Abscess Drainage
Felix F. J. Herth
44 Management of Massive Hemoptysis
Andrew R. Haas
45 Management of Post- transplant Disorders
Michael S. Machuzak
46 Foreign Body Removal
Mark E. Lund
47 Resection and Reconstruction of Central Airways
Hendrik C. Dienemann
48 Techniques for Laryngotracheal Reconstruction
Ramon Franco
49 Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
Armin Ernst
50 Surgical Lung Volume Reduction
Walter Weder
51 Endoscopic Asthma Treatment
Gerard P. Cox
52 Image-Guided Ablation Treatment for Lung Cancer Patients
Damian E. Dupuy

Part 3: Thoracoscopy
53 Pleural Anatomy and Fluid Analysis
Y C Gary Lee
54 Pleural Imaging
Fergus Gleeson
55 Pleural Manometry
David Feller- Kopman
56 Thoracentesis
Sara R. Greenhill
57 Chest tube placement
Michael Klopp58 Small Bore Drains and Indwelling Catheters
Saleh Alazemi
59 Medical Thoracoscopy/ Pleuroscopy
Robert Loddenkemper
60 Pleurodesis
Julius Janssen
61 Advanced Medical Thoracoscopy-Pleuroscopy Procedures
Marios E. Froudarakis
62 VATS Surgical Techniques
Hans Hoffmann
63 Management Principles of Empyema
Anne V. Gonzalez
64 Management of.

About the Author

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Armin Ernst, MD, MHCMPulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, USAFelix JF Herth, MD, PhD, FCCP Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Care Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany