Michael J. Simoff & Daniel H. Sterman 
Thoracic Endoscopy 
Advances in Interventional Pulmonology

Written by some of the world’s leading practitioners – and pioneers
– in the field, Thoracic Endoscopy is the first
up-to-the-minute, expert reference for clinicians with a solid
foundation in diagnostic bronchoscopy and chest medicine needing to
extend their clinical expertise in response to two decades of rapid
development.

Thoracic Endoscopy covers four key areas of
practice:

* * advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy

* the latest techniques for interventional bronchoscopy
— including the traditional rigid bronchoscopy techniques,
ablative instruments and stents — and a discussion of
endobronchial lung reduction and gene therapy

* a window to the pleura, covering the field of
pleuroscopy and the advances in diagnosis and treatment

* clinical problems and methodologies, and strategies
for solving them using interventional techniques

Thoracic Endoscopy presents the only coherent guide to
the full range of techniques and practice patterns, and is the
essential reference for both experienced interventional
pulmonologists and students beginning to practice in this
rapidly-developing field.

Table of Content

Part I Advances in Diagnostic Bronchology.

1 Autofluorescence in the Detection of Lung Cancer.

(Michael J. Simoff).

2 New Technologies for the Endobronchial Assessment of the
Pulmonary Tract.

(Mark E. Brezinski).

3 Endobronchial Ultrasound.

(Felix J.F. Herth & Heinrich D. Becker).

4 Advances in Diagnostic Bronchoscopy: Virtual Bronchoscopy and
Advanced Airway Imaging.

(Rex C. Yung & Leo Patrick Lawler).

5 Medical Simulation: Current uses and Future Applications.
(Joseph L. Tasto & Jonathan P. Balcombe).

6 Bronchoscopy and Computer Technology.

(Heinrich D. Becker).

Part II Advances in Therapeutic Bronchology.

7 Rigid Bronchoscopy.

(Jed A. Gorden & Douglas E.Wood).

8 Fire and Ice: Laser Bronchoscopy, Electrocautery and
Cryotherapy.

(Michael A. Jantz & Gerard A. Silvestri).

9 Photodynamic Therapy for Endobronchial Tumors: Palliation and
Definitive Therapy.

(David Ost).

10 Stenting of the Tracheobronchial Tree.

(Armin Ernst).

11 Transtracheal Oxygen and Percutaneous Tracheotomy.

(David Feller-Kopman).

12 Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction.

(Edward P. Ingenito & Larry W. Tsai).

13 Endobronchial Gene Therapy.

(Robert J. Kruklitis & Daniel H. Sterman).

Part III Interventional Pleurology.

14 Thoracentesis, Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of Pleura,
Small-bore Catheter Drainage: Does Size Really Matter?.

(Luis Miguel Seijo).

15 Medical Thoracoscopy.

(Sjaak A. Burgers).

16 Photodynamic Therapy in the Pleural Space.

(Paul Baas).

17 Intrapleural Therapy: from BCG to Therapeutic Genes.

(Andrew R. Haas & Daniel H. Sterman).

Part IV Case Discussions.

18 Management of Patients at Increased Risk for Lung Cancer.

(Boyd T. Hehn & Michael J. Simoff).

19 Staging of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: an Interventional
Pulmonary Perspective.

(J. Francis Turner, Jr & Arthur D. del Rosario).

20 Management of Malignant Pleural effusions.

(Michael S. Machuzak, Ali I. Musani & Daniel H.
Sterman).

21 Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax.

(Michael H. Baumann).

22 Obstruction of the Central Airways: Evaluation and
Management. (William Lunn).

23 Management of Massive Hemoptysis. (John Conforti).

24 Management of Tracheobronchomalacia.

(Kelly A. Carden & Armin Ernst).

Index.

About the author

Michael J. Simoff, MD, Director, Bronchoscopy &
Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA

Daniel H. Sterman, MD, Director, Interventional
Pulmonology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Armin Ernst, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine &
Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA