This is a fascinating insight into the state-of-the-art Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy (ENB) system recently funded by Awyr Las, which is now in use at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. ENB uses GPS-like technology to create a 3D map of the lungs. This map then helps doctors guide a catheter through the lungs’ most complex airways. Glan Clwyd Hospital is the first district general hospital in Wales, and only second in the UK, to use the Illumisite Navigation system by Medtronic. This fantastic develop

Navigational bronchoscopy catches lung cancer sooner, saving lives

Airway Management During Advanced Bronchoscopy

MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center now offers a technology called navigational bronchoscopy that allows physicians to diagnose abnormal growths (nodule) in the lungs with even more precision than they were able to with previous technology. A navigational bronchoscopy guides pulmonologists through a patient’s airways directly to the target nodule using technology similar to that of a GPS. From there, they can take tissue samples from regions of the lung that were previously unreachable. Watch

11K views · 165 reactions | Navigational Bronchoscopy is a new procedure in the Pine Belt that allows doctors to more precisely direct biopsies in the lungs, which leads to a earlier diagnosis for lung cancer patients. Learn more about this life-saving procedure now offered right here at home from Michael J. Raggio, M.D., F.C.C.P, a pulmonologist at Forrest General and Hattiesburg Clinic. | Forrest General Hospital | Facebook

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