Abstrakt

There are indications that procedures in the neck area were carried out in Egypt as early as 5,000 years ago. In antiquity, Hippocrates, Asclepiades and Antyllos dealt with possible access routes to the respiratory tract. In the Renaissance, the physicians Brassavola, Casseri, and Sanctorius reported on tracheotomies, mainly in Italy. In 1804, Bozzini developed an endoscope with a candle as a light source. Désormeaux improved the endoscope by using a gas-forming lamp. In 1854, the Spanish opera singer Garcia used mirrors to examine the movement sequences of his vocal cords. Türck invented the first laryngoscope in 1857 by using mirrors to take advantage of sunlight. Czermak equipped the laryngoscope with an artificial light source. Kirstein succeeded in performing a direct endoscopic examination of the larynx in 1895. In 1897, Killian removed an aspirated piece of bone from the right main bronchus for the first time by bronchoscopy. Hopkins invented the rod lens system in the 1960s. Endoscopic illumination with a light source separate from the endoscope using fiber optic bundles was developed by Storz. Ikeda constructed the first flexible fiber bronchoscope, which was commercially available in 1968. In 1965, Montgomery developed the first silicone stent for the treatment of tracheal stenosis. Dumon improved stenting and further developed the ND:YAG laser therapy introduced by Toty. Stitt first reported on the lavage of the bronchi with a catheter in 1927, and in 1974 bronchoalveolar lavage was used with the flexible fiber bronchoscope by Reynolds. In 1992, Hürter and Hanrath reported on a new ultrasound technique that could be used to localize central and peripheral bronchial tumors. Becker demonstrated the potential of endobronchial ultrasound in sampling mediastinal lymph nodes and parenchymal lesions.

Autoreninformation

Autoren

• H. Schweisfurth

Abteilungen

• Pulmologisches Forschungsinstitut (IPR), Cottbus

Adresse

Prof. Dr. med. Hans Schweisfurth
Pulmologisches Forschungsinstitut (IPR)
Walther-Rathenau-Str. 11
03044 Cottbus
Email: [email protected]

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