title: A Promising Treatment for Broncholith Removal Using Cryotherapy during Flexible Bronchosopy: Two Case Reports.
abstract: Broncholiths are defined as calcified materials that occur in a tracheobronchial tree or in a cavity communicating with that. Broncholith has variable clinical features. The therapeutic options to remove broncholiths are so variable that clinicians need to select the most safe and effective methods by mass size, mobility, and location. As yet, there is no consistent guideline removing a broncholith. We report 2 successful cases of removing a fixed broncholith by flexible bronchoscopy guided cryoadhesion. With repeated technique of thawing and freezing with ryoprobe, we could extract the fixed broncholith safely. This method is promising as a way to remove broncholith in the future.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joong Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Ah Young
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Sung Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gu-Min
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hyun Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: In Ho
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ju Sang
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim