Learn more from WebMD about interventional pulmonology, including various procedures used to diagnose and treat lung disease.

Pleural effusion, also called water on the lung, happens when fluid builds up between your lungs and chest cavity. Learn why this happens and how to recognize it.

Both navigational bronchoscopy and computed tomography–guided transthoracic needle biopsy are commonly used in patients undergoing biopsies of peripheral pulmonary nodules, but the relative ...

A bronchoscopy with a transbronchial lung biopsy is a medical procedure that involves inserting a bronchoscope into the lungs. This device allows a doctor to remove a small amount of tissue to ...

A bronchoscopy is a medical test that lets doctors look into your lungs and airways using a thin tube with a camera and light at the end. Learn what to expect from the procedure.

Bronchoscopy side effects may involve numbness and soreness in the throat, drowsiness, and low oxygen blood levels. Learn more here.

Routine bronchoscopy may clarify the treatment pathways for patients suffering from severe uncontrolled asthma (SUA) who are being considered for biologic therapy indicated for a T2 inflammation ...

SAN DIEGO — Fewer patients with lung nodules had complications during a navigational bronchoscopy procedure vs. a CT-guided biopsy, according to research presented at the American Thoracic ...

Percutaneous pleural biopsy is a minimally invasive procedure performed to obtain pleural tissue using a pleural biopsy needle. This may be performed untargeted for pleural effusions, or using ...

BOSTON — Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy safely targeted small and peripheral lesions with robust diagnostic yield across a range of definitions and methodologies, according to a presentation ...

Interventional pulmonologists at U of U Health provide minimally invasive treatments for people with airway, lung, and pleural space conditions.

Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy: A New Era In Lung Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment In recent years, lung cancer diagnostics have seen a shift toward greater precision and minimally invasive ...