Balloon Bronchoplasty
- Bronchoplasty or balloon dilation can be utilized to dilate a stenotic airway.
- Rigid dilators or sequential balloons may be passed through a stenotic segment of a central airway to dilate the stenosis.
- For balloon dilation, a series of dilations are performed with increasing balloon diameter to reduce risk of tracheobronchial rupture.
- Irrespective of the method of dilation, bronchoplasty provides immediate relief of extrinsic and intrinsic lesions, but the results are temporary.