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Bronchial Thermoplasty for Severe Asthma: From Past to Present and Future by Semra Bilaçeroğlu is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background: Approximately 3-10% of all asthmatics are refractory with severe disease, although they use optimal preventive treatment. This is reflected as a disproportionate increase in the cost of health care. Thus, bronchial thermoplasty has been developed as an add-on therapy for these refractory asthmatics. ## Objective: This review aims to give an update on bronchial thermoplasty in severe asthma regarding pathophysiological mechanisms of action, patient selection, procedural details, history, evidence- based effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness, place in management, and challenges in current clinical practice. ## Methods: A thorough search for the eligible and recent studies and reviews on bronchial thermoplasty and asthma has been conducted in PubMed. ## Results: In bronchial thermoplasty, radiofrequency energy delivered to bronchial airway walls leads to ablation of the airway smooth muscles that cause bronchoconstriction. Several large trials and a real-world study confirm its safety, and effectiveness, as shown by considerable reduction in asthma exacerbations, emergency department visits and hospitalizations as well as improvement in asthma-related quality of
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- Author
- Semra Bilaçeroğlu
- Publisher
- Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)