Application of rigid broncoscopy with heated serum physiologic

Abstract

Rigid bronchoscopy (RB) is a procedure commonly performed thoracic surgery is quite routine. The main application areas of bronchoscopy; foreign body aspiration, atelectasis, control of hemoptysis and diagnostic procedures. In bronchoscopy, cold Serum Physiologic (SP) is used for irrigation. In this article, we present a case used warm SP in order to open an atelectasis during broncoscopy that have never been used in the literature.