Rigid Bronchoscopy

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What is Rigid Bronchoscopy?
What conditions is Rigid Bronchoscopy used for?
What are the side-effects of Rigid Bronchoscopy?

What is Rigid Bronchoscopy?

The rigid bronchoscope is thicker and shorter than the flexible bronchoscope
The larger lumen of the rigid bronchoscope (versus the narrow lumen of the flexible bronchoscope) allows for therapeutic approaches such as electrocautery to help control the bleeding.

What conditions is Rigid Bronchoscopy used for?

Rigid Bronchoscopy is used for haemorrhage or bleeding, insertion of stents, for some paediatric procedures. It is far less commonly used than flexible bronchoscopy but is probably the procedure of choice for foreign body extraction, or when a deeper biopsy specimen is required.

What are the side-effects of Rigid Bronchoscopy?

Common complications include shortness of breath, chest pain and cough, and less commonly a pneumothorax and or bleeding from the lung.

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