Bronchoscopy and pleuroscopy are minimally invasive endoscopic procedures used to diagnose and treat lung diseases. Bronchoscopy involves inserting a thin, lighted tube with a camera through the mouth or nose into the lungs, while pleuroscopy accesses the pleural space between the lungs through a small incision in the chest. Both procedures allow doctors to directly examine the lungs and collect samples, and have benefits of providing quick results without the need for surgical cuts or long hospital stays.

1. Bronchoscopy For
Lung Diseases

2. What Is Bronchoscopy?
Bronchoscopy is an
endoscopic procedure that
involves inserting a
bronchoscope (a thin, lighted
tube with a small camera at one
end) inside the lung to
diagnose and treat lung
diseases.

3. What Are The Indications For Lung Bronchoscopy?
Diagnostic uses:
Hemoptysis
(Coughing up of blood)
Pneumonia
Unexplained cough Atelectasis (Lung collapse)

4. What Are The Indications For Lung Bronchoscopy?
Diagnostic uses:
Staging of lung cancer Post lung transplant
monitoring
Tuberculosis Foreign body

5. What Are The Indications For Lung Bronchoscopy?
Therapeutic uses:
Hemoptysis
(Coughing up of blood)
Bronchial thermoplasty
for asthma
Airway stenosis Endobronchial tumours

6. Types Of Bronchoscopy
1. Rigid bronchoscopy: This
procedure is performed under
general anesthesia. It is a procedure
that uses a straight tube to access
the airways, to diagnose and treat
lung disorders.

7. Types Of Bronchoscopy
2. Flexible bronchoscopy: This
procedure usually does not require
general anesthesia. It is a procedure
that involves use of thin, long flexible
tube to examine the airways and
lungs.

8. Types Of Bronchoscopy
3. Convex EBUS: It is a diagnostic
procedure that involves use of a
bronchoscope with a built-in
ultrasound probe to help examine
lymph nodes in the chest region.

9. Based on the type of
bronchoscopy, either
sedatives or general
anesthesia is administered.
Bronchoscopy-The Procedure

10. Local anesthesia is sprayed at
the back of the throat or mouth
to prevent gagging as the
bronchoscope is passed down
the throat.

11. Then, a bronchoscope is
inserted through the mouth
or nose into the airways.

12. As the bronchoscope is
moved down, the camera
sends images of the
internal structures on the
screen.

13. Once the exact area is
located, specialized
surgical tools are passed
through the bronchoscope
to collect the tissue or fluid
sample.

14. Finally, the bronchoscopy
is removed

15. Benefits Of Bronchoscopy
Quick results No surgical cuts No hospital stay
Easy access to airways Safe

16. What Is Pleuroscopy?
It is a minimally invasive
procedure performed to access
the pleural space (thin fluid-filled
space between visceral and
parietal pleurae of lungs).

17. Indications For Pleuroscopy
To diagnose tuberculosis To perform pleurodesis To diagnose tumours

18. Pleuroscopy- The Procedure
The skin on the chest
region is numbed with a
local anesthetic.

19. Pleuroscopy- The Procedure
Now, a small incision is
made on the chest to insert
a pleuroscope (a tube with
camera at one end).

20. As the pleuroscope moves,
the camera sends images
of the internal organs on
the screen.
Pleuroscopy- The Procedure

21. The surgeon views the
pleural cavity and inserts
surgical tools to collect
tissue and fluid sample
from the pleural cavity.
Pleuroscopy- The Procedure

22. Once the procedure is
done, the pleuroscope is
pulled back.
Pleuroscopy- The Procedure

23. Benefits Of Pleuroscopy
Quick results Safe