laser bronchoscopy

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laser bronchoscopy,

bronchoscopy performed with the aid of a laser beam directed through fiberoptic equipment, used in the diagnosis and treatment of bronchial disorders, tracheobronchial tumors, and subglottic stenosis.

laser bronchoscopy

Pulmonology The deployment of a laser through a bronchoscope to relieve obstruction by a neoplasm of a central airway Action Cutting, coagulation, vaporization, necrosis. See Bronchoscopy, Laser.

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bronchoscopy scopy			[FIGURE OMITTED] The patient was taken to the operating room for laser bronchoscopy, and the strictured area was dilated and the airway restored to a near-normal status. Bronchial stricture secondary to pill aspiration by Bach, Kevin K. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal 8) Six of these nine complications were life-threatening; five involved a fire in the endotracheal tube and one involved the ignition of a dry sponge that was placed over a tracheostomy in a pediatric patient during laser bronchoscopy for papillomatosis of the tracheobronchial tree. Endotracheal tube obstruction: a rare complication in laser ablation ... by Kountakis, Stilianos E. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			laryngoscope laryngoscopy laryngospasm laryngostasis laryngostenosis laryngostomy laryngotomy laryngotracheal laryngotracheal reconstruction laryngotracheal tube laryngotracheitis laryngotracheobronchitis laryngotracheoesophageal cleft laryngotracheotomy laryngoxerosis larynx LAS Las Vegas Voice lasalocid lase Lasegue sign Lasegue's sign LASEK laser laser angioplasty laser bronchoscopy Laser cyclophotocoagulation laser dentistry laser disk laser hair transplantation laser iridotomy Laser Lip Rejuvenation laser myringotomy laser pain management Laser peripheral iridotomy laser precautions laser printer laser prostatectomy Laser Resurfacing laser surgery laser thrombolysis laser trabeculoplasty Laser Whitening Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis laserpuncture Lasette lash Lashley LASIK lasiocarpine			Laser Based Beam Diagnostics laser beam laser beam laser beam Laser Beam Air Cutting Laser Beam Ceilometer Laser Beam Cutting Laser Beam Defocus Laser Beam Detector Laser Beam Evaporative Cutting Laser Beam Expander Laser Beam Inert Gas Cutting Laser Beam Machining Laser Beam Melt Ablation Laser Beam Oxygen Cutting Laser Beam Printer Laser Beam Recorder Laser Beam Rider Laser beam riding Laser beam riding Laser Beam Riding Guidance Laser beam welding Laser beam welding Laser beams Laser beams Laser beams Laser Beat Wave Accelerator Laser Biomedical Research Center Laser Blood Cleaner Laser Bore Sight laser bronchoscopy laser camera laser card Laser Cartridge Recharging Service, Inc. laser ceilometer Laser Centre Vrije Universiteit Laser Chemical Vapor Deposition Laser Clay Pigeon Shooting Laser Clay Shooting Laser Collisionally-Induced Fluorescence laser communication Laser Communication Airborne Testbed Laser Communication Experiment Laser Communication System laser communication systems Laser Communication Terminal Laser Communication Test Systems Laser Communications Laser Communications Demonstration Equipment Laser Communications Equipment Laser Confocal Scanning Microscopy Laser Controller Board Laser Convoy Counter Ambush Training System laser cooling laser cooling Laser Cooling and Atomic Physics

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