Electromagnetic Bronchoscopy

The most advanced lung navigation system is now available in Tampa Bay

It’s called Veran Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy (ENB), and Pulmonary & Sleep of Tampa Bay is the only medical group in the area that offers it.

ENB now replaces high-risk procedures such as:

• CT-guided needle biopsies
• Surgical biopsies
• Mediastinoscopy

With ENB, we can now:

• Reach previously in accessible regions of the lungs
• Locate lesions and nodules for immediate diagnostic testing

ENB dramatically improves diagnosis and treatment of early-stage cancer

• A special guide catheter is used to capture a 3-D, electromagnetic map of the lungs
• With this computer-generated image, surgeons guide steerable catheters down visual pathways to locate even the smallest lesions
• Once located, they can perform a quick biopsy of the lesion
• Procedure is painless and time efficient, benefits that until now have eluded lung cancer patients

Our professional, caring team is committed to:

• Providing the breakthrough technology of Veran ENB
• The hope for survival it brings to lung cancer patients, their family and the cancer community at large
• Eliminating the long, stressful wait-and-see approach typically following a CT scan

ENB is beneficial for:

• Physician-referred and self-referred patients
• Primary Care Physicians
• Radiology clinics
• Oncology professionals

Our patients include:

• Smokers
• People exposed to secondhand smoke
• Patients with a family history of lung disease
• Patients with worrisome symptoms such as a persistent cough that worsens
• Patients with shortness of breath, frequent lung infections, who cough up blood or experience sudden weight loss and fatigue.

Treatment for lung cancer can include:

• Surgery
• Radiation Therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Targeted Therapy