Interventional pulmonary medicine

[This book] "offers historical and technical overviews of rigid bronchoscopy, flexible bronchoscopy, and medical thoracoscopy ... sheds light on therapeutic bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy ... clarifies endobronchial cryotherapy, brachytherapy, and electrocautery ... investigates transtracheal oxygen and photodynamic therapies ... details the technical intricacies of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy and therapeutic whole lung lavage ... reviews the usage of airway stents, chest tubes, and argon plasma coagulators ... considers bronchoscopic applications of molecular biology and gene therapy ... provides guidelines for training in interventional pulmonary techniques ... and explores quality of life and occupational safety issues linked with practices in interventional pulmonary medicine." --Cover.