This book provides an unbiased and evidence-based guide to the potential role of interventional pulmonology as an alternative to thoracic surgery. Interventional pulmonology is a new and quickly growing sub-specialty in pulmonary medicine and increasingly more pulmonologists are turning to interventional therapies over the more costly and invasive surgical options. The text thoroughly presents detailed coverage of and diagnostic methods for many diseases and conditions that pulmonologists encounter daily, including: diffuse lung infiltrates, solitary lung nodule, undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion, pneumothorax, hemoptysis, and airway foreign body. Experts then detail treatment options, from both a surgical and interventional perspective, with guidance on: when each procedure is most appropriate, what can be performed by a pulmonologist (with guidelines on how those procedures are done) versus what needs to be referred to a thoracic surgeon or an intervention pulmonologist, and thebenefits and disadvantages involved with each option. This is an ideal guide for pulmonologists, trainees, and students to better understand the full scope of possible treatment options for their patients and to make the best informed decision about patient care.

Chapter 1. Rigid versus Flexible Bronchoscopy

Chapter 2. Biopsy for Diffuse Lung Disease: Surgical vs. Cryobiopsy
Chapter 3. Management of Lung Nodules: A Paradigm Shift
Chapter 4. Mediastinoscopy: Surgical vs. Medical
Chapter 5. Airway Foreign Bodies: Rigid vs Flexible Approach
Chapter 6. Management of Bronchopleural Fistula
Chapter 7. Management of Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistula in Adults
Chapter 8. Lung Volume Reduction: Surgical versus Endobronchial
Chapter 9. Surgical Versus Medical Management Of Anastomotic Dehiscence
Chapter 10. Concentric Web Like Stenosis:
Chapter 11. Hemoptysis
Chapter 12. Role of Interventional Pulmonology in Miscellaneous Conditions
Chapter 13. Undiagnosed Exudative Effusion: Thoracoscopy vs. Pleuroscopy
Chapter 14. Pneumothorax: Large Bore Tubes vs. Pigtail Catheter
Chapter 15. Pleurodesis: From Thoracic Surgery to Interventional Pulmonology
Chapter 27. ESD.