NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR C RYOSURGERY IN ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF LUNG AND BRONCHIAL TUMORS

Abstract

The article presents the history of the development of the cryotherapy method from antiquity to the present day, materials of clinical use of cryosurgery for endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of lung and bronchial tumors at the present stage, features of the advanced equipment for cryosurgery. The article also describes the first clinical experience in using cryorecanalization in obstructing tumors of the tracheobronchial tree in Russia using an advanced cryosurgical device. Three clinical examples of cryorecanalization are provided. The preliminary results of the clinical studies show that cryorecanalization using the advanced medical equipment and a new cryoprobe model is an effective method for recanalization to restore airway patency, which can be used in combination with electrodestruction, argon-plasma and laser coagulation, as compared with older cryosurgery devices.

Keywords

• cryosurgery
• cryorecanalization
• cryobiopsia
• obstructing lung and bronchial tumors