Introduction and Implementation of Rigid Bronchoscopy by a Team with Limited Prior Experience
Introduction: Rigid bronchoscopy is a valuable tool for airway interventions. However, its use is limited in Japan owing to the procedure's infrequency and the challenges of acquiring and maintaining proficiency. Although our current team initially had no specialists experienced in airway intervention, increasing requests for airway stenting from other departments prompted us to establish the necessary infrastructure to provide these procedures.
Authors
- Takashi Ohtsuka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8039-9159)
- Tomoyuki Hishida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3417-8563)
- Keisuke Asakura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4491-3456)
- Shigeki Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8520-9393)
- Yu Okubo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-9021)
- T Suzuki
- Kyohei Masai
- Kaoru Kaseda
Institutions
- Jikei University School of Medicine (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
- Saitama Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Respiratory Endoscopy
- Published
- 2026-07-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58585/respend.2026-0017
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00