1984 年 30 巻 4Supplement2 号 p. 763-770
Fiberoptic instrument is so useful that many endoscopists are using it in daily practice quite often. The fiberoptic instrument has great advantage over the others because of its flexibility, clear image, easy handling and produces much less discomfort. The instruments, procedures, photographies and movies are presented. There are numerous instruments specifically designed for each purpose. The fiberoptic scope causes essentially no trauma or damage to the tissue to be examined. Other procedures such as biopsies of the tissue, removal of foreign bodies of the airways, aspiration of impacted mucus from tracheobronchial trees and YAG-Nd LASER treatment for malignant lesions are satisfactorily performed.