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ब्रोंकोस्कोपी
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ब्रोंकोस्कोपी

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Bronchoscopy is an endoscopic technique of visualizing the inside of the airways for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. An instrument (bronchoscope) is inserted into the airways, usually through the nose or mouth, or occasionally through a tracheostomy. This allows the practitioner to examine the patient's airways for abnormalities such as foreign bodies, bleeding, tumors, or inflammation. Specimens may be taken from inside the lungs. The construction of bronchoscopes ranges from rigid metal tubes with attached lighting devices to flexible optical fiber instruments with realtime video equipm

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Within Vinony's link graph, ब्रोंकोस्कोपी is referenced by 347 other articles, and connects out to bronchus, respiratory tract and lung.

It is catalogued under topics including Endoscopy, Respiratory system procedures and Veterinary diagnosis.

Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Interventions.Name
Bronchoscopy
Interventions.Image
Bronchoscopy.png
Interventions.Caption
A physician performing bronchoscopy.
Interventions.ICD9
-
Interventions.MeshID
D001999
Interventions.MedlinePlus
003857

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
endoscopy
Image
Bronchoskopie Bronchoalveoläre Lavage.jpg
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Commons category
Bronchoscopy
anatomical location
bronchus
NCI Thesaurus ID
C16366
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