title: Interventional bronchoscopy from bench to bedside: new techniques for central and peripheral airway obstruction.
abstract: This article discusses how basic scientific concepts, based on a greater understanding of airway physiology, support the development and dissemination of multidimensional classification systems for tracheal stenosis, expiratory central airway collapse, and innovative interventional bronchoscopic procedures for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Pulmonary Division, 101 The City Drive South, The City Tower, Suite 400, ZOT 4095, Orange, CA 92868-3217, USA.
authors.forename: Septimiu D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Murgu
authors.forename: Henri G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Colt
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D055091:Bronchomalacia / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000601:surgery; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology