CONTENTS The Guest Editors vii Preface viii Introduction ix 1. Different techniques of bronchoscopy 1 D. Plekker, C.F.N. Koegelenberg, C.T. Bolliger 2. Anaesthesia for interventional bronchoscopy 18 A. Lorx, L. Valkó, I. Pénzes Diagnostic procedures 3. Early detection of lung cancer 35 A. Rosell, T.G. Sutedja 4. Transbronchial needle aspiration and endobronchial ultrasound 45 F.J.F. Herth 5. Bronchoalveolar lavage 59 F. Bonella, S. Ohshimo, P. Bauer, J. Guzman, U. Costabel 6. In vivo confocal microendoscopy: from the proximal bronchus down 73 to the pulmonary acinus L. Thiberville, M. Salaün, G. Bourg-Heckly 7. Diagnostic management of solitary pulmonary nodule 90 S. Gasparini 8. Transthoracic needle biopsy 109 J. Strausz 9. Pleural biopsy and thoracoscopy 119 M. Noppen Therapeutic interventions 10. Airway foreign bodies: clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment 135 A. Delage, C-H. Marquette 11. Endobronchial laser treatment: an essential tool in therapeutic bronchoscopy 149 H. Dutau, D.P. Breen The European Respiratory Monograph Number 48 June 2010 Contents MON 48.qxd 13/05/2010 15:10 Page 1