Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy
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Interventional pulmonologists Dr. Patrick Whitten, left, performs a bronchoscopy on Paul Stoneking, 78, of Green Valley using the Super Dimension Bronchos Navigational Bronchoscopy as Dr. John Ulvestad, right, and RN Pete Craig assist at Methodist Hospital on Thursday, June 8. "It's much easier on the patient," Whitten says of the new procedure, which enables doctors to look much deeper into the lungs. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR