At the end of September, an interventional pulmonology conference was held in Saint-Étienne. More than 200 pulmonologists trained in various techniques using animal models. The Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering (CIS) of Mines Saint-Étienne took part in organising the event.
Over two days, on 24 and 25 September 2021, an interventional pulmonology conference was held for the first time in Saint-Étienne. More than 200 French pulmonologists and others from French-speaking countries came together. Eighteen workshops were run simultaneously by Mines Saint-Étienne. The aim was to enable pulmonologists to train in various techniques using animal models (isolated pig lungs).
A few examples of techniques: rigid bronchoscopy, stent placement, foreign body extraction, ultrasound-guided puncture, mini-probe ultrasound, thermoplasty, thermocoagulation, cryobiopsies, valve placement.
Mines Saint-Étienne, through its Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering (CIS), helped organise and run the workshops as part of the Inserm Sainbiose unit (Mines Saint-Étienne, Jean Monnet University and the Saint-Étienne University Hospital (CHU)). In practical terms, CIS provided facilities, the pig lung models and the equipment required for their ventilation.
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What is interventional pulmonology?
“It is a branch of pulmonology devoted to advanced therapeutic and diagnostic techniques performed via the airways without a surgical incision,” explains Jean-Michel Vergnon, Professor of Pulmonology at the Saint-Étienne University Hospital (CHU), in the newspaper Le Progrès.
