A Brief History of Rigid Bronchoscopy
There was a time when the only sort of bronchoscope offered was a rigid bronchoscope. The very first “bronchoscope” that was put right into the lower airways was an esophagoscope, as well as Gustav Killian in Germany utilized it in 1897. In the United States, bronchoscopy began in 1898 with a urethroscopy that was adjusted