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Bronchoscopy

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Bronchoscopy 

a method of direct examination of the trachea and bronchi by means of a special instrument—the bronchoscope. Bronchoscopy is used for diagnosis and treatment and also for removal of foreign bodies from the trachea and bronchi.



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He will likely need more investigations such as a CT scan or bronchoscopy which involves passing a small camera into the lungs in order to find out what caused the bullae to form.
This type of 3D analysis provides an unobstructed and unambiguous representation of normal and abnormal cell morphology, making the LuCED test an effective means to guide the physicians' further diagnostic workup, including diagnostic CT or bronchoscopy," he added.
Of the 297 patients, 196 received bronchial thermoplasty while 101 received a sham bronchoscopy in which no radiofrequency energy was applied.
 
 
 
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