Review--neonatal bronchoscopy.
Neonatologists are increasingly exploring the airways with rigid and flexible bronchoscopes. Each instrument has particular advantages; the rigid endoscope mainly for therapy, including balloon dilatation of acquired strictures, and the fibrescope mainly for inspection of the airway for diagnostic purposes. Before using either technique, it is essential to ensure that the information will be really useful and cannot be obtained using less invasive methods.
Department of Paediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, U.K.
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D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn