HISTORIA DE LA BRONCOSCOPIA

bronchoscopy is one of the most significant advances in management of respiratory diseases, in its commencement, several laryngoscopic techniques were involved, endotracheal intubations, digestive endoscopies and other similar disciplines, the discovery of incandescent light and the insatiable human thirst for knowledge. its beginnings are from very long ago and although many have tiled the floor for its development, names such as gustav killian, chevalier jackson and shigeto ikeda marked a significance in the evolution and perfection of this procedure, which has allowed its diagnostic , prognostic and therapeutic use for neumologic development; even when we are just facing a preliminary of a promissory future offered by this centenary endoscopic technique.