Respiratory Medicine

Common diagnostic indications for bronchoscopy include the evaluation of pneumonia or infiltrates of unclear etiology as well as the evaluation of hemoptysis, sampling of lung masses, nodules, or mediastinal lymph nodes to diagnose malignancy, the evaluation and diagnosis of endobronchial foreign bodies, tracheoesophageal fistula, tracheobronchomalacia, and endobronchial lacerations 

Diagnostic Bronchoscoy is a procedure to examine the airway and biopsy lung lesions detected for any infection or blocked airway. During the procedure, a thin optic device called bronchoscope is inserted through the nose or mouth. The procedure is painless as it is carried out under monitored anaesthesia care or by intravenous sedation. As supported by the Endoscopy Centre, we provide a full range of respiratory endoscopy services, ranging from conventional bronchoscopy to different interventional procedures: 
 

• Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of early-stage lung cancer in the airways
• Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) for the diagnosis of lesions in the trachea or mediastinum; this procedure is especially important for the staging of lung cancer
• Navigation Bronchoscopy for planning the optimal airway routes leading to peripheral airway lesions based on CT scan imaging reconstruction and for precise guidance for tissue extraction during biopsy
• Lung Vision is an augmented-fluorosocpy based real-time navigation technology for Visualise and Localise pulmonary nodules for biopsy
• Radial Probe Bronchoscopy for locating the lesion accurately with endoscopic ultrasound before taking a biopsy, thereby enhancing the detection and diagnostic rate
• Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) for direct visualisation of swallowing assessment with the assistance of a speech therapist on-site