Contents Preface ix Guest Editors x Introduction xii List of abbreviations xiv Technical aspects 1. Flexible bronchoscopy 1 Johannes M.A. Daniels 2. Rigid bronchoscopy 19 Maren Schuhmann 3. Bronchoscopy in intensive care 29 Suveer Singh 4. Imaging 49 Sebastian Ley and Claus Peter Heussel 5. Training 64 Leizl Joy Nayahangan, Paul Frost Clementsen and Lars Konge Diagnostic procedures 6. Laryngoscopy 78 Andrew J. Kinshuck and Gurpreet S. Sandhu 7. Early cancer detection 89 Renelle Myers and Stephen Lam 8. Biopsy techniques 103 Samuel V. Kemp 9. Minimally invasive endosonographic techniques: 121 combined EBUS and EUS Pravachan V.C. Hegde and Moishe Liberman ERS monograph Interventional Pulmonology Number 78 December 2017