The Revolution is Here...Long Live the Revolution

摘要

Remarkable changes have occurred in bronchology and interventional pulmonology over the past several years. The initial revolution was the general introduction of endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) almost 10 years ago.This novel technology changed the way pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons diagnose and stage lung cancer, and also opened up access to a host of mediastinal and hilar abnormahties to safe and cost-effective means of sampling. EBUS has since spread from a few high-volume bronchoscopy programs to community hospitals with tremendous benefit to the patient, aided by concerted efforts by industry, centers of excellence, and Pulmonary societies to provide high-quality training to foster the adoption of this new technology.