Hands-on Course on Interventional Bronchoscopy - developing essential skills

Target audience

  • Young bronchoscopists
  • Bronchoscopists already trained to a basic level

Educational aims

This course aims to develop skills and knowledge in the field of interventional bronchoscopy.

During this course, bronchoscopists already basically trained will be provided with the essential theoretical background, hands-on training and practical guidance for understanding indications and contraindications of bronchoscopic techniques and for implementing in their daily practice modern diagnostic and therapeutic modalities.


Essential anatomy of lungs and the mediastinum: common pitfalls
C. Zissis (Athens, Greece)
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TBNA going beyond the bronchi
S. Bilaceroglu (Izmir, Turkey)
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Rapid onsite cytologic evaluation, new perspectives
S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy)
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EBUS-EUS guided needle aspiration
I. Lampaditis (Athens, Greece)
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Autofluorescence bronchoscopy
J.-M. Vergnon (Saint-Etienne, France)
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Rigid bronchoscopy
H. Dutau (Marseille, France)
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Hot and cold interventional bronchoscopic techniques
S. Bilaceroglu (Izmir, Turkey)
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Radial EBUS bronchoscopy
I. Lampaditis (Athens, Greece)
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Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy
J.-M. Vergnon (Saint-Etienne, France)
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Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction. Where do we stand?
F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
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Silicone stents, bifurcated stents
H. Dutau (Marseille, France)
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Metallic stents
N. Zias (Athens, Greece)
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Facing an important bronchial hemorrhage.
G. Stratakos (Athens, Greece)
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Foreign body extraction
M. Doris (Athens, Greece)
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Management of bronchopleural and tracheoesophageal fistula
G. Stratakos (Athens, Greece)
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