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The significant increase in cigarette consumption has led to the development of bronchoscopic intervention methods such as COPD Balloon Therapy, as lung cancer increases in men and women. Before the drastic increase in smoking, tuberculosis was one of the most serious lung diseases threatening humanity. The battle against tuberculosis by chest diseases specialists in the world and in our country gave positive results. But lung cancer, caused by smoking and inflammation, remained a serious threat to humanity. Today, COPD Balloon Therapy is used to cure lung cancer and COPD disease. Today, we will try to answer frequently asked questions about treatment.

With the contribution of industrialization after the Second World War, tobacco cigarette has become a commercial product that triggers respiratory diseases. Likewise, chemicals used in different branches of industry have begun to seriously threaten the respiratory health of everyone in the world, although not as much as cigarette smoke. The rapidly developing process caught the doctors unprepared for the chemicals that cause inflammation and later COPD. As a result of the fact that COPD disease and its types have become a serious problem for world health, COPD Balloon was patented by Prof. Dr. Yalçın Karakoca in 2006. The treatment, which has been applied on patients for 15 years, was awarded in 2008, at the World Bronchology Congress held in Japan. It has been demonstrated after studies that the COPD Balloon Therapy method, developed for the treatment of COPD, is also a hope for patients who have not yet been diagnosed with lung cancer. COPD Balloon Therapy does not completely eliminate lung cancer; however, it can significantly reduce related deaths. In the following sections, we will try to talk about the structure of the lung, COPD and other respiratory diseases, and finally how the treatment is effective. In its simplest definition, COPD Balloon Therapy is the name given to the process of expanding the bronchi in the lungs with the aid of a balloon covered with a mesh.

In order to understand how the treatment process is effective, you must first have knowledge about the lungs and the factors that make the lung sick. The bronchi, small bronchi and alveoli in our lungs hold harmful particles in the inhaled air and allow them to be thrown out with a structure called mucus. However, heavy smoking over 20 years or other factors significantly increases the rate of harmful particles penetrating the lungs. The increase in harmful particles causes the Goblet Cells to secrete more mucus in the bronchi in our lungs and the thickening of the bronchial walls. When the exposure continues, the mucus increases significantly and causes the bronchi in the lungs to completely lose their function. Harmful effect causes serious damage to the lungs even if there is no subsequent exposure to cigarette smoke or harmful particulate matter. The developed COPD Balloon Therapy is a treatment applied to reduce the amount of mucus and Goblet Cells in the bronchi that are closed for various reasons. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are subtypes of COPD. Especially chronic bronchitis is the most dangerous type of recurrent and progressive COPD disease, and it is likely to have a bad outcome in patients who develop recurrent pneumonia or lung cancer. Treatment is usually applied to patients with PITS, very severe asthma, chronic bronchitis and COPD.

COPD Balloon Therapy, which is a hope for serious respiratory diseases, is applied for respiratory diseases caused by different reasons today. However, in most of them, COPD disease and chronic bronchitis have an important place. Studies have shown that depending on the risk of COPD, the risk of lung cancer also increases significantly. In summary, treatment is given to COPD patients who are at high risk of later developing pneumonia or developing lung cancer. Currently, the treatment does not cure lung cancer, but is also preferred to widen the bronchi covered by cancer cells and reduce the number of deaths. Likewise, treatment is preferred for PITS and very severe asthma patients. The main function of the mucus formed by our lungs is to catch harmful and foreign particles in the inhaled air and expel them through sputum. Harmful particles can be formed as a result of burning tobacco or substances also known as biomass. Biomass is the name given to bio-based fuels such as manure, which release harmful particles when burned and are mostly preferred today to obtain heat and warmth. Like cigarette smoke, biomass smoke can produce substances that are hazardous to your lungs. These materials, which are used as fuel, especially in rural areas of our country, play an important role in respiratory complaints. Cigarette smoke is in the first place in terms of risk and danger. The habit of smoking in childhood is effective in the emergence of COPD and its subtypes after long-term use. However, not only the duration of use, but also how the cigarette smoke is drawn is important. The most severe COPD patients are usually among those who have inhaled heavily for many years. In short, COPD Balloon Therapy can be applied not only to those who use cigarettes or tobacco products, but also to those who breathe gases containing harmful particles.

Many people with COPD can still complain of problems especially related to chronic bronchitis, even if they stay away from the triggers. On the other hand, there are degrees of COPD, which is caused by different factors, and only patients above certain degrees are accepted for treatment. It is decided with the doctor on the basis of a medical data called FEV1 whether the treatment will be applied or not. The FEV1 value is the rate of flow a person exhales in 1 second. We mentioned earlier that mucus in the lungs traps harmful particles. An FEV1 value of 80% and above indicates a healthy lung. However, if this value is 50% or less, COPD Balloon Therapy may be needed. A decrease in FEV1 below 30% indicates very severe COPD disease and a lung transplant may be necessary. Balloon therapy for the lungs, on the other hand, is seen as an alternative to lung transplantation. More precisely, it can be said that lung transplantation is among the bridge treatments.

Under general anesthesia, the micro-balloon covered with a kind of mesh reaches the brooches in the lungs through the mouth. The inflating and deflating balloon provides physical destruction of the Goblet Cells in the bronchi. However, scraping is performed during COPD Balloon Therapy surgery, and COPD Balloon Therapy is completed in two stages.

The significant increase in cigarette consumption has led to the development of bronchoscopic intervention methods such as COPD Balloon Therapy, as lung cancer increases in men and women. Before the drastic increase in smoking, tuberculosis was one of the most serious lung diseases threatening humanity. The battle against tuberculosis by chest diseases specialists in the world and in our country gave positive results. But lung cancer, caused by smoking and inflammation, remained a serious threat to humanity. Today, COPD Balloon Therapy is used to cure lung cancer and COPD disease. Today, we will try to answer frequently asked questions about treatment.

With the contribution of industrialization after the Second World War, tobacco cigarette has become a commercial product that triggers respiratory diseases. Likewise, chemicals used in different branches of industry have begun to seriously threaten the respiratory health of everyone in the world, although not as much as cigarette smoke. The rapidly developing process caught the doctors unprepared for the chemicals that cause inflammation and later COPD. As a result of the fact that COPD disease and its types have become a serious problem for world health, COPD Balloon was patented by Prof. Dr. Yalçın Karakoca in 2006. The treatment, which has been applied on patients for 15 years, was awarded in 2008, at the World Bronchology Congress held in Japan. It has been demonstrated after studies that the COPD Balloon Therapy method, developed for the treatment of COPD, is also a hope for patients who have not yet been diagnosed with lung cancer. COPD Balloon Therapy does not completely eliminate lung cancer; however, it can significantly reduce related deaths. In the following sections, we will try to talk about the structure of the lung, COPD and other respiratory diseases, and finally how the treatment is effective. In its simplest definition, COPD Balloon Therapy is the name given to the process of expanding the bronchi in the lungs with the aid of a balloon covered with a mesh.

In order to understand how the treatment process is effective, you must first have knowledge about the lungs and the factors that make the lung sick. The bronchi, small bronchi and alveoli in our lungs hold harmful particles in the inhaled air and allow them to be thrown out with a structure called mucus. However, heavy smoking over 20 years or other factors significantly increases the rate of harmful particles penetrating the lungs. The increase in harmful particles causes the Goblet Cells to secrete more mucus in the bronchi in our lungs and the thickening of the bronchial walls. When the exposure continues, the mucus increases significantly and causes the bronchi in the lungs to completely lose their function. Harmful effect causes serious damage to the lungs even if there is no subsequent exposure to cigarette smoke or harmful particulate matter. The developed COPD Balloon Therapy is a treatment applied to reduce the amount of mucus and Goblet Cells in the bronchi that are closed for various reasons. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are subtypes of COPD. Especially chronic bronchitis is the most dangerous type of recurrent and progressive COPD disease, and it is likely to have a bad outcome in patients who develop recurrent pneumonia or lung cancer. Treatment is usually applied to patients with PITS, very severe asthma, chronic bronchitis and COPD.

COPD Balloon Therapy, which is a hope for serious respiratory diseases, is applied for respiratory diseases caused by different reasons today. However, in most of them, COPD disease and chronic bronchitis have an important place. Studies have shown that depending on the risk of COPD, the risk of lung cancer also increases significantly. In summary, treatment is given to COPD patients who are at high risk of later developing pneumonia or developing lung cancer. Currently, the treatment does not cure lung cancer, but is also preferred to widen the bronchi covered by cancer cells and reduce the number of deaths. Likewise, treatment is preferred for PITS and very severe asthma patients. The main function of the mucus formed by our lungs is to catch harmful and foreign particles in the inhaled air and expel them through sputum. Harmful particles can be formed as a result of burning tobacco or substances also known as biomass. Biomass is the name given to bio-based fuels such as manure, which release harmful particles when burned and are mostly preferred today to obtain heat and warmth. Like cigarette smoke, biomass smoke can produce substances that are hazardous to your lungs. These materials, which are used as fuel, especially in rural areas of our country, play an important role in respiratory complaints. Cigarette smoke is in the first place in terms of risk and danger. The habit of smoking in childhood is effective in the emergence of COPD and its subtypes after long-term use. However, not only the duration of use, but also how the cigarette smoke is drawn is important. The most severe COPD patients are usually among those who have inhaled heavily for many years. In short, COPD Balloon Therapy can be applied not only to those who use cigarettes or tobacco products, but also to those who breathe gases containing harmful particles.

Many people with COPD can still complain of problems especially related to chronic bronchitis, even if they stay away from the triggers. On the other hand, there are degrees of COPD, which is caused by different factors, and only patients above certain degrees are accepted for treatment. It is decided with the doctor on the basis of a medical data called FEV1 whether the treatment will be applied or not. The FEV1 value is the rate of flow a person exhales in 1 second. We mentioned earlier that mucus in the lungs traps harmful particles. An FEV1 value of 80% and above indicates a healthy lung. However, if this value is 50% or less, COPD Balloon Therapy may be needed. A decrease in FEV1 below 30% indicates very severe COPD disease and a lung transplant may be necessary. Balloon therapy for the lungs, on the other hand, is seen as an alternative to lung transplantation. More precisely, it can be said that lung transplantation is among the bridge treatments.

Under general anesthesia, the micro-balloon covered with a kind of mesh reaches the brooches in the lungs through the mouth. The inflating and deflating balloon provides physical destruction of the Goblet Cells in the bronchi. However, scraping is performed during COPD Balloon Therapy surgery, and COPD Balloon Therapy is completed in two stages.

The progression of COPD disease in the lungs, which causes chronic and progressive narrowing of the airways due to long-term smoking and other factors, can be stopped by the COPD Balloon Surgery, which was created as a result of a long-term and meticulous study. The first cause of COPD is the habit of smoking acquired in childhood and the continuation of this habit for 20 years or more; other factors can also cause COPD disease, emphysema, and lung cancer to occur together. Long-term and heavy smoking is risky for lung health. COPD Balloon Surgery is the name given to the treatment applied to patients to stop the chronic progression of the disease.

One of the most common mistakes made about COPD is the diagnosis of "COPD" for emphysema and chronic bronchitis. This situation creates serious problems in the treatment of the disease; Even medical doctors may not understand what lung disease is meant by the diagnosis of "COPD". COPD disease; it is the sum of emphysema and chronic bronchitis due to long and heavy smoking; that is, emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both types of COPD and although it is not possible to completely cure, treatment methods such as COPD Balloon Therapy can stop bronchial obstruction. Emphysema is a variant of COPD. In emphysema, the walls of the alveolar structures in our lungs, which roughly filter the air we breathe and supply oxygen to the bloodstream, harden and break down. As a result, not only does the oxygen level in the patient's blood drop critically, but also the level of oxygen delivered to the organs drops drastically. Although the drugs used to dilate the bronchi are effective in the treatment, oxygen plays a more important role. Complete treatment can only be possible with the re-functioning of the alveoli; however, as this is not possible, lung transplantation is often needed. COPD Balloon Therapy, which has a history of 12 years, has emerged as a result of many years of meticulous work to stop the progression of chronic bronchitis, one of the subtypes of COPD disease. Chronic Bronchitis is another serious form of COPD that occurs mainly after long-term and heavy smoking. Another cause of COPD should be mentioned: Biomass. Literally, it is the name given to manure and other organic fuels used to obtain heat and warmth. Prolonged exposure to biomass fumes can cause damage to the lungs and the development of bronchitic and bronchiolytic forms of COPD.

Inflammation is the main cause of lung cancer and forms of COPD disease. As a word meaning, "inflammatory reaction" is basically used for the defense reflex given by the lung as a result of inhalation of a foreign substance. Lung cells give a natural response to foreign particles in the inhaled content when a foreign substance is inhaled. Prolonged inhalation of foreign matter causes hyplerplasia (cell proliferation) and hypertrophy (increased cell size) in bronchial cells. Growth and reproduction usually occur in Goblet Cells, which are responsible for producing phlegm and removing particles from the body. The airways in the human body are also covered with mucous membranes like the stomach. When no microbe or foreign particle is encountered, the majority area of the Goblet Cells in the mucosa varies between 3 mm and 8 mm in the bronchi, and the Reid Index (the ratio of goblet layer in the lung to the bronchial wall thickness) usually varies between 25% and 30%. In severe chronic bronchitis patients, this rate reaches up to 95% and makes it difficult for the patient to breathe. Chronic bronchitis, a type of COPD disease, occurs with the obstruction of the bronchi. If no precautions are taken, COPD causes the development of pneumonia due to biomass or long-term cigarette smoke. Pneumonia is an aggravated version of COPD, and because it is a serious illness, it is inevitable that patients will need chronic hospitalization. Pneumonia, the aggravated version of COPD, occurs in up to 10% of all COPD patients. During the treatment, efforts are made to give oxygen directly to the lungs of the patient or to ensure the flow of oxygen to the lungs through sports and physical activity. However, these measures are mostly useless because the bronchi are clogged. At this point, COPD Balloon Therapy emerges as a treatment method applied for the patient's natural breathing by enabling the bronchi to work again and the Goblet Cells to be destroyed with an effective method.

As the risk of COPD increases, the risk of lung cancer in patients also increases significantly. For this reason, COPD types caused by smoking and other causes are defined as serious respiratory diseases and oxygen delivery to the patient is often insufficient. The patent of the COPD Balloon Therapy was held in 2006 by Prof. Dr. Yalçın Karakoca and was awarded for this treatment at the World Bronchology Congress held in Japan in 2008. COPD Balloon Surgery can be defined as the opening of blocked bronchi against chronic bronchitis seen in 85% of COPD patients and the physical removal of Goblet Cells. In the first stage, a micro-balloon covered with a kind of mesh is placed into the bronchi and inflated and deflated, destroying the Goblet Cells that cause the obstruction. In this way, your lungs produce less mucus and blockage is prevented. In the second stage of COPD Balloon Therapy, scraping is performed up to the 3 mm bronchi between the trachea and the distal part to obtain clean mucosa. This process causes the Goblet Cells to lose their function and become a foamy secretion. The treatment has changed from a 120-minute operation to a 30-minute surgical operation after 12 years of experience.

Lung transplantation is thought to be the only treatment modality for patients with very severe COPD. On the other hand, COPD Balloon Therapy emerges as a kind of alternative for patients. FEV1 values of patients are used for lung treatment. However, smoking at a certain stage of life creates a risk of lung cancer and COPD, depending on the duration and level of inhalation. In other words, all the following groups are at risk of chronic and potentially emphysema-developing COPD. FEV1 Value Below 30%: Very Severe COPD Patient; Lung transplantation or COPD treatment is required for treatment. 10% of existing COPD patients FEV1 Value 30-50%: COPD Patient; Patients Who Didn't Respond to Drug Treatment; High Probability of Severe COPD, 10% of Existing COPD Patients FEV1 Value 50-70%: Moderate COPD Patient, 40% of existing COPD patients; receiving intensive drug therapy. FEV1 Value 70-80%: Mild COPD patient; receiving drug therapy; 40% of COPD patients With COPD Balloon Surgery, patients from every risk group ensure that the cells with cancer risk in the lungs are removed, while at the same time it allows the bronchi to be opened with a balloon, and therefore it is called COPD Balloon Therapy.