Literature Archives

AI-assisted bronchoscopy may improve diagnostic yield and procedural standardization in the future.

Repeat-dose talc pleurodesis is a safe and effective management option for initial failure or recurrence of pneumothorax or pleural effusion, with success rates of up to 88.9%. This approach offers a viable alternative to more invasive interventions with minimal complications.

Validates the efficacy of robotic platforms in a European clinical setting, supporting broader adoption of the technology.

Provides critical real-world performance data for robotic platforms in the European clinical landscape.

This study demonstrated the first successful application of combining real-time endobronchial ultrasound with digital subtraction angiography to safely stent complex pulmonary artery stenosis caused by fibrosing mediastinitis.

<span class="paragraphSection">Artificial intelligenceInterventional pulmonologyBronchoscopyExplainable AIEvidence-based medicine</span>

Simultaneous transbronchial cryobiopsy and pCLE guidance for peripheral pulmonary lesions is feasible and safe, showing an 82 percent agreement between the tool-in-lesion CLE signal and the proof of malignancy.

EBUS-guided transbronchial resection is a safe and feasible minimally invasive alternative to surgery for patients with symptomatic airway stenosis from calcified lymph nodes, resulting in complete symptom resolution and a fully healed airway at 4 months without complications.

Hybrid-APC represents a promising, innovative endobronchial tool for managing central airway malignancies in patients who are poor surgical candidates.

Both laser and precise argon plasma coagulation can safely induce beneficial fibrous tissue hyperplasia and collagen deposition when injury is limited to the submucosal layer, with precise argon plasma coagulation emerging as the safer and more feasible option for interventional bronchoscopy.

For interventional pulmonologists, this study highlights important extrapulmonary benefits of endobronchial valve treatment, demonstrating significant improvements in quadriceps muscle size, limb muscle function, and a reduction in the prevalence of severe fatigue from 70% to 25% at 6 months, though sleep quality and intercostal muscle thickening fraction remained unchanged.

This technique allows for precise navigation to the 8th airway generation for safe subpleural ablation without pleural puncture, delivering a total of 26 kJ of energy over 513 seconds without complications.