Table of Contents:

Chapter 1.     History of Rigid Bronchoscopy

Chapter 2.     Rigid Bronchoscopy:  An Interventional Tool with a History and a Future

Chapter 3.     Interventional Flexible Bronchoscopy:  Historical Perspective

Chapter 4.     Therapeutic Flexible Bronchoscopy:  Overview

Chapter 5.     Laser Bronchoscopy for Malignant Disease

Chapter 6.     Laser Bronchoscopy for Benign Disease

Chapter 7.     Cryotherapy:  Cold Therapy for the Tracheobronchial Tree

Chapter 8.     Endobronchial Electrosurgery

Chapter 9.     Endobronchial Brachytherapy

Chapter 10.   Argon Plasma Coagulator

Chapter 11.   Silicon Airway Stents

Chapter 12.   Self-Expanding Metallic Airway Stents

Chapter 13.   Foreign Body Removal

Chapter 14.   Photodynamic Therapy:  Early Lung Cancer

Chapter 15.   Photodynamic Therapy for Palliation of Lung Cancer

Chapter 16.   Bronchoscopic-Mediated Gene Therapy:  Past, Present, and Future

Chapter 17.   Whole Lung Lavage

Chapter 18.   Flourescence Bronchoscopy

Chapter 19.   Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Chapter 20.   Medical Thorascopy:  Historical Perspective

Chapter 21.   Medical Thorascopy:  Diagnosis of Pleural Pulmonary Disorders

Chapter 22.   Medical Thorascopy:  Therapy for Malignant Conditions

Chapter 23.   Medical Thorascopy:  Therapy for Benign Conditions   

Chapter 24.   Medical Thorascopy:  Techniques for Thoracic Sympathectomy

Chapter 25.   Transtracheal Oxygen Therapy

Chapter 26.   Chest Tube Placement

Chapter 27.  Percutaneous Dilational Thorascopy

Chapter 28.   Transthoracic Needle Aspiration and Biopsy

Chapter 29.   Effects of Interventional Procedures on Quality of Life and Pulmonary Function

Chapter 30.   Training in Interventional Pulmonology