Airway Program

This comprehensive program offers advanced diagnostic evaluation of lung nodules and endoscopic lung cancer staging using endobronchial ultrasound to complement mediastinoscopy. This helps more accurately stage patients with lung cancer, along with GPS-guided bronchoscopy tools to navigate and biopsy hard-to-reach peripheral lung nodules with significantly greater precision. The program also assists patients with advanced airway disease requiring tumor excision and airway stenting.

Surgeries / Procedures

Airway debridement
Airway stenting
Bronchial thermoplasty
Fiducial seed implant for CyberKnife
High dose brachytherapy
Laser therapy

Conditions

Diseases

Coughing
Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)
Shortness of breath
Trouble breathing
Wheezing

Airway tumors
Asthma
Bronchial stenosis
Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD)
Tracheal stenosis
Tracheal tumors
Tracheomalacia

 

Contact Information

Swedish Thoracic Surgery / First Hill
1101 Madison Street
Suite 850
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-215-6800
Fax: 206-215-6801

Becoming a Patient

Your clinic visit, what to expect before, during and after surgery
What to Expect

Patient Stories of Strength

“I want people to know what happened to me so it will encourage them to quit smoking and get tested for lung cancer because it’s so important to find this early.” Patient Stories

Quit Smoking

Swedish offers smoking-cessation resources including nicotine-replacement therapy, individualized eight-week smoking secessation class, vidoes, brochures and materials.  Download a brochure

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