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Therapeutics > Radiofrequency Therapy > Radiofrequency Ablation > Catheter Ablation > Bronchial Thermoplasty
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Ablation Techniques > Radiofrequency Ablation > Catheter Ablation > Bronchial Thermoplasty

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Bronchial Thermoplasty  

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Scope note

  • Thermal destruction of the excess bronchial SMOOTH MUSCLE tissue with heat delivered through a catheter assembly attached to a BRONCHOSCOPE. It is often used to control BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY in severe ASTHMA for better AIRWAY MANAGEMENT.

History note

  • 2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000074060

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