Bronchoscopy
Current as of: June 9, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & David C. Stuesse, MD – Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Bronchoscopy is a procedure doctors use to look at the airways leading to the lungs. During bronchoscopy, a thin, lighted instrument (bronchoscope) is inserted through the nose or mouth into the throat and then into the airways leading to the lungs. Bronchoscopy can be used to collect samples of tissue or sputum for…