Olympus ERS 2024: Evolving EBUS – A Milestone in Diagnosis | Prof. Dr. med. Felix Herth

Описание: In this special anniversary session recorded at ERS 2024, Prof. Dr. Felix Herth reflects on 20 years of transformative development in EBUS-TBNA — from the early days of radial ultrasound to modern guided bronchoscopy. With humorous anecdotes, historical insights, and deep clinical knowledge, he recounts the evolution of endobronchial ultrasound and Olympus’ contribution to this diagnostic revolution.
Prof. Herth shares how the need for better mediastinal staging in lung cancer surgery led to innovative adaptations of cardiology probes, and how collaboration with Olympus engineers eventually resulted in the dedicated EBUS scope. The talk highlights pivotal moments — from counting cartilage rings manually to the first publications and collaborative breakthroughs in Japan.
This lecture is part of Olympus’ #LoveForLungs initiative and contributes to the Lung-Term Learning (LTL) program, promoting innovation and education in pulmonary diagnostics worldwid


🔹 Highlights
00:00 Welcome from the Olympus booth and birthday celebration
00:28 Prof. Herth on the origins of EBUS-TBNA
14:32 The clinical need: better surgical staging in early 2000s
15:28 Birth of radial EBUS and its cardiology roots
16:48 First balloon catheter for airway ultrasound
17:45 From radial probe to TBNA: the two-step staging procedure
18:09 First EBUS publication in 2003 — without EBUS scope!
18:47 Meeting in Chiba, Japan: prototype EBUS scope development
19:20 The real clinical need that launched dedicated EBUS-TBNA
19:54 Closing handover to Mike and Stefano for the continuation of the story

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