new treatment - Bronchial Thermoplasty

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My MD was telling me about a new, experimental treatment for asthma.

I've listed a little info below. Anyone know anything about it?

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About Bronchial Thermoplasty

Bronchial Thermoplasty is a new investigational outpatient procedure

that is performed in the hospital bronchoscopy suite. Bronchial

Thermoplasty is currently performed only in conjunction with the AIR2

Trial. The objective of the procedure is to reduce the airway smooth

muscle in all airways reachable by the bronchoscope in hopes of

reducing the airways ability to constrict. A Bronchial Thermoplasty

treatment session is expected to take less than an hour to complete;

it is expected that three treatment sessions will be required to treat

the entire lung system. Bronchial Thermoplasty is an outpatient

procedure. No general anesthesia is used, no incision is necessary,

and there is no need to stay overnight. Patients will stay on their

current asthma medications for the duration of the study.