The development of bronchoscopy is long and drawn out. As early as the fifth century B.C., Hippocrates tried to improve ventilation in patients with asphyxia by inserting a catheter through the larynx. Around the first millennium AD, silver catheters were used to improve ventilation in asphyxiated patients. It was not until 1897 that the German scientist Killian (the father of bronchoscopy) first reported the first removal of a bony foreign body from the trachea with a 25-cm-long, 8-mm-long esophagoscope, which started the history of endoscopic manipulation with the insertion of trachea and bronchus. endobronchial and pulmonary diseases, thus perfecting tracheal and bronchial endoscopy. Pan Hao, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University
Bronchoscopy is somewhat like gastroscopy, except that the gastroscope is inserted into the digestive tract, while the bronchoscope is inserted into the respiratory tract. There are many classifications of bronchoscopes, and the common ones are: first, rigid bronchoscope, and second, bendable bronchoscope. The second category has gradually developed into fiberoptic bronchoscopes (commonly known as fibrous bronchoscopes) and electronic fiberoptic bronchoscopes (commonly known as electroscopes). The first and second types of bronchoscopes have their own advantages and disadvantages and are used in different fields. We usually see mostly fibronectomy.
The widespread clinical use of fibronectomy has long shown its many advantages: 1.
1. the mirror body is soft, can be bent, and can be examined when the patient is naturally supine or seated.
2. expanded indications.
3. high positive rate of cytological and histological examination.
4. simple and safer operation of fibrinoscopy with fewer complications
5. Minimally invasive treatment, some diseases can be successfully solved by fibrinoscopy without surgical treatment such as open chest. Reduce the pain and economic burden of patients.