Indian journal of pediatrics
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Bronchoscopes have markedly improved the diagnosis as well as therapy in pediatric pulmonary disorders. Two types of bronchoscopes are available; flexible and rigid, with their own advantages and disadvantages. Depending on the clinical need and availability of skills, choice is made between the two. ⋯ In the past few decades, more and more instruments are being used for expanding the utility of flexible bronchoscope for interventions ranging from bronchial toilet, foreign body removal, airway stenting and lasers or cryotherapy for airway lesions. The perinatologists have opened up more vistas and thrown newer challenges for using fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) for in utero tracheal occlusion in cases with diaphragmatic hernia. The vast applications of this tool makes it very relevant to pulmonary investigations and therapeutics.