Bronchoscopic interventions for severe COPD

Robert F Browning; Scott Parrish; Saiyad Sarkar; William Krimsky; J Francis Turner Jr; Konstantinos Zarogoulidis; Ioanna Kougioumtzi; Georgios Dryllis; Ioannis Kioumis; Georgia Pitsiou; Nikolaos Machairiotis; Nikolaos Katsikogiannis; Nikolaos Courcoutsakis; Athanasios Madesis; Konstantinos Diplaris; Theodoros Karaiskos; Paul Zarogoulidis

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.20

Bronchoscopic interventions for severe COPD

J Thorac Dis. 2014 Oct;6(Suppl 4):S407-15. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.20.

Authors

Robert F Browning¹, Scott Parrish¹, Saiyad Sarkar¹, William Krimsky¹, J Francis Turner Jr¹, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis¹, Ioanna Kougioumtzi¹, Georgios Dryllis¹, Ioannis Kioumis¹, Georgia Pitsiou¹, Nikolaos Machairiotis¹, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis¹, Nikolaos Courcoutsakis¹, Athanasios Madesis¹, Konstantinos Diplaris¹, Theodoros Karaiskos¹, Paul Zarogoulidis¹

Affiliation

¹ 1 Division of Interventional Pulmonary, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA ; 2 Interventional Pulmonology, Medstar Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA ; 3 Department of Interventional Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Goodyear, AZ, USA ; 4 Pulmonary Department, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ; 5 Surgery Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece ; 6 Hematology Department, "Laiko" University General Hospital, Athens, Greece ; 7 Obstetric-Gynecology Department, "Thriassio" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece ; 8 Radiology Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece ; 9 Thoracic Surgery Department, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 25337396
PMCID: PMC4203977
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.20

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes severe handicap among smokers. Most patients have to remain under continuous oxygen therapy at home. Moreover, respiratory infections are very common among these patients and vaccination is obligatory against influenza. Emphysema and bronchiectasis are observed with computed tomography (CT) and in several situations these parenchymal damages are responsible for pneumothorax in one case and pseudomonas aeroginosa infection. Novel mini-invasive techniques are used currently for emphysema treatments which are described extensively throughout our current work.

Keywords: Emphysema; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); pneumothorax; valves.

Publication types

Review