Interventional Pulmonary Procedures

At the Lung Cancer Evaluation Center (LCEC), we provide a multidisciplinary approach to lung cancer and complex airway diseases, offering a wide array of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Interventional Pulmonary Procedures

Advanced Diagnostic Techniques

  • Flexible bronchoscopy
  • Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy
  • Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)

Advanced Therapeutic Interventional Procedures

  • Airway stenting (metallic stents and silastic stents)
  • Tumor debulking
  • Brachytherapy
  • Rigid bronchoscopy
  • Balloon dilation
  • Electrocautery
  • Laser therapy
  • Foreign body removal
  • Microdebridement
  • Pleuroscopy
  • PleurX® catheter placement and management

The LCEC evaluates patients in all stages of lung cancer, as well as patients with complex airway diseases. 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE:

  • Management of pulmonary nodules
  • Diagnosis, staging and treatment of lung cancer
  • Evaluation for lung cancer screening
  • Mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy
  • Management of malignant pleural effusions
  • Foreign body removal
  • Tracheal stenosis
  • Tracheobronchial malacia
  • Tracheoesophageal fistulas
  • Post-surgical bronchopleural fistula