Author/Editor		Triller, Nadja; Varga, Tomaž; Kramar, Karmen
Title		Interventna pulmologija
Translated title		Interventional pulmonology
Type		članek
Source		In: Križman I, editor. Interna medicina 2006: novosti in aktualnosti. Zbornik predavanj strokovnega sestanka Združenja internistov SZD, 2006 sep 29-30; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Združenje internistov SZD,
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 153-61
Language		slo
Abstract		Interventional pulmonology is a new field within pulmonary medicine focused on the use of advanced bronchoscopic and pleuroscopic techniques for the treatment of a spectrum of thoracic disorders. The efficacy of interventional procedures for palliation of patients with central airway obstruction has been established and its curative potential for treatment of early cancer has raised great interest in current screening programs. Surgical resection of the tumor and lymph nodes is relatively morbid and risky especially with patients with limited functional reserves. In such patients early stage lesions could be treated bronchoscopically with maximal preservation of quality of life. In the palliative setting of alleviating central airway obstruction, laser resection, electrocautery, argon plasma coagulation and stenting are techniques that can provide immediate relief. With curative intent, intraluminal techniques will icrease the implementation of interventional pulmonology for benign diseases, as well as early cancer lesions and its precursors.
Descriptors		LUNG NEOPLASMS PALLIATIVE CARE BRONCHOSCOPY THORACOSCOPY AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION PLEURODESIS