Chicago Chest Center offers unique services that include minimally invasive, diagnostic and theraputic interventions for the lung and pleura including:

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC BRONCHOSCOPY

  • Routine Bronchoscopy
  • Robotic Assisted Bronchoscopy (RAB)
  • Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (TBNA)
  • Transbronchial Needle Core Biopsy (TNCB)
  • Narrow Band Imaging
  • Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
  • Electromagnetic Navigation (ENB)
  • Cryobiopsy

ADVANCED THERAPEUTIC BRONCHOSCOPY

  • Rigid Bronchoscopy
  • Laser Bronchoscopy
  • Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
  • Cryotherapy
  • Argon Plasma Coagulation
  • Airway Stents
  • Bronchial Lung Volume Reduction (Valves) for COPD
  • Balloon Bronchoplasty
  • Bronchial Thermoplasty for Severe Asthma

COMPLEX AIRWAY DISORDERS

  • Management of Airway Stenosis and Malacia
  • Airway tumors

DISEASES OF LUNG AND THORAX

  • Radiologic, Endoscopic, and Computer Guided Biopsies
  • Multidisciplinary Approach to Lung Disease

PLEURAL DISEASES

  • Thoracentesis
  • Thoracic Ultrasound
  • Medical Thoracoscopy
  • Talc Pleurodesis
  • Pleurx® and Rocket Medical indwelling catheters
  • Small and large bore chest tubes