Pre-Recorded

Panel Discussion

Airway & Friends

Persistent air leaks are a therapeutic challenge for pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons. A multidisciplinary approach is key in the management of these challenging cases. Pulmonologists in nontertiary care centers may often come across such situations, where services of thoracic surgeons and interventional pulmonologists may not be readily available. Moreover, within the US, lack of medical insurance limits many bronchoscopic interventions, which are now the more favored approach in these settings, as a result of which resources are limited in many public county hospitals, a situation similar in many developing countries. This session will involve presentation of three to four such cases encountered in a public county hospital; following which a panel of two to three international experts in pleural diseases will be asked to present their views on management of these cases in resource-limited settings and resourceful settings.

Learn the definition of persistent air leak.

Manage persistent air leaks, both in resource-limited and tertiary center settings.