Lung Procedures, Tests & Treatments

Bronchoscopy is a technique used to look at your air passages with a small camera that is located at the end of a flexible tube.

A chest tube is a plastic tube that is used to drain fluid or air from the chest. Chest tubes are usually connected to drainage systems that collect fluid and allow air to escape from the chest.

A chest X-ray is an imaging test that can take a picture of the lungs, heart, blood vessels, airways, ribs, and diaphragm.

Cat scan or CT scan, is a diagnostic test that uses a series of computerized views taken from different angles to create detailed internal pictures of your body.

Radiologists use a CT scan-guided lung biopsy to guide a needle through the chest wall and into the lung nodule to obtain and examine tissue.

Your health care provider may order an echocardiogram to look at your heart’s structure and determine how well your heart is functioning.

EBUS (endobronchial ultrasound) bronchoscopy is a procedure used to diagnose different types of lung disorders, including inflammation, infections or cancer.

EBV is a minimally invasive procedure, potentially providing benefits such as improved lung function and reduced shortness of breath without the usual risks and recovery of traditional surgical treatment.

ECMO is a form of life support if you have serious lung or heart failure, injuries, or the heart or lungs are too weak to work properly.

A fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) level test can help diagnose and manage asthma. It measures the amount of nitric oxide that is exhaled from a breath. Increased levels of nitric oxide are associated with swelling of lung airways.

A lobectomy is a surgical procedure where an entire lobe of your lung is removed for a variety of reasons that may include a lung cancer diagnosis, infection, COPD or benign tumors.

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a procedure designed to help you breathe easier when your lungs have been damaged by severe COPD.

Methacholine challenge test (also known as bronchoprovocation test) is performed to evaluate how "reactive" or "responsive" your lungs are to things in the environment.

Minimally invasive thoracic surgery is a way of performing surgery in the chest through small incisions, without making large cuts or incisions in the body, and does not require spreading apart of the ribs.

Oxygen therapy is a treatment that provides you with supplemental oxygen.

In this video, we will explain the parts of home concentrators, how they work and how to take care of them.

Portable Oxygen Concentrators, or POCS, are light, small and quiet devices that allow you to receive supplemental oxygen while out of the home. We'll share how to use and take care of your POC in this video.

This video explains the components of a liquid oxygen system and how to use and care for your device.

Oxygen therapy may be an important part of your treatment if you have lung disease. Learn how to get started using oxygen therapy.