This interactive session is designed to provide and up to date review of best published evidence on interventional management of patients with pneumothorax, infection and malignant pleural disease. This will be accomplished using a case-based review format with an audience response system. Participants will develop a comprehensive knowledge of the indications, contraindications and associated complications of common pleural procedures including ultrasound guided thoracentesis, chest tube and indwelling pleural catheter placement, pleural biopsy and thoracoscopy.

• Discuss in detail the evaluation and management of patients with pleural effusion and pneumothorax.

• Develop a comprehensive knowledge of the indications, contraindications and associated complications of common pleural procedures.

This session is designed for pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons interested in improving their knowledge pertinent to malignant airway obstruction, benign airway strictures and tracheobronchomalacia. This is an interactive panel discussion using case-based scenarios and an audience response system to enhance learning.

• Distinguish the different treatment alternatives for benign and malignant airway obstruction, including thermal and nonthermal ablation.

• Outline the indications for airway stenting, and list stent-related adverse events and the methods to prevent and manage them.

• Outline the optimal treatment nonsurgical strategies for tracheobronchomalacia and excessive dynamic airway collapse.

• List the indications for tracheal resection and tracheoplasty in patients with benign tracheal strictures and tracheobronchomalacia, respectively.