Trachea and Bronchi
This randomized crossover trial evaluated whether combining needle aspiration and forceps biopsy improves diagnostic yield compared to using a single device alone during electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) for peripheral pulmonary lesions. A total of 142...
This randomized crossover trial evaluated whether combining needle aspiration and forceps biopsy improves diagnostic yield compared to using a single device alone during electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) for peripheral pulmonary...
The Patient This patient is a thirty-four-year-old man with a previous history of heart surgery during childhood and used a pacemaker. He had a car accident in August 2022 with...
This video demonstrates the most technically difficult initial steps to a minimally invasive, robotic-assisted tracheobronchoplasty, namely the exposure and repair of the left mainstem bronchus. The video details the dissection...
Complex chest and lung infections with bronchial fistula are life-threatening situations with a mortality rate of up to 20 percent. If medical treatment fails, these patients require aggressive surgical procedures...
The patient was a 35-year-old woman who had reported experiencing an intermittent and really productive cough for several years that was very offensive and troublesome in nature. She also reported...
Anatomic sublobar resections have been used primarily for benign pulmonary lesions, lung metastases, and early stage lung cancer. There are many recent studies that support the oncological results of anatomic...
Stanifer and colleagues present a contemporary analysis of tracheal surgery in the US with the goal of identifying predictors of major morbidity and mortality. Tracheal resections reported in The Society...
A 4-year-old boy came to the emergency department with stridor. He had a 19-hour history of foreign body inhalation of a rosary bead. The authors performed a rigid bronchoscopy. They...
Patient Care and General Interest Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in the UAE used a metal stent for an emergency repair of a patient’s windpipe, which had been...
Introduction Glomus tumors (GT) are rare benign neoplasms mostly affecting the deep dermis of extremities, and they constitute less than 2% of all soft tissue tumors. GTs can sporadically appear...
Introduction Tracheocutaneous fistula (TCF) is one of the most feared complications after prolonged tracheostomy. Problems related to the TCF include the increased possibility of respiratory infections, difficulty in phonation, ineffective...
The author presents an endotracheal repair, performed for a 72-year-old woman who was mechanically ventilated for a heart failure due to lung edema and hypoxia. She developed severe mediastinal and...









