Naoyuki Kuse

I am very honoured to have been chosen to receive the APSR-JRS Young Investigator Award and to attend the APSR Congress 2019 in Hanoi. The presentation in this conference was a very exciting and meaningful experience. The title of my presentation was "The safety of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) via flexible bronchoscope with combination of radial endobronchial ultrasonography (R-EBUS) and fluoroscopic guidance in diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease in Japan."

We focused on verifying whether our combination method was safe or not. Previous reports indicated that severe bleeding and pneumothorax were known as serious complications of TBLC. We showed that the support for R-EBUS and fluoroscopic guidance might reduce the risk of these complications. One of the reasons for using R-EBUS is to accurately grasp the target lesion and to detect the significant vascular structures near the target lesions. Therefore, we think that appropriate samples could be taken and the risk of serious bleeding might be reduced. In addition, the use of fluoroscopic guidance might prevent the occurrence of pneumothorax.

I appreciate all the questions and comments from the audience, which became a great opportunity for learning and exchanging ideas for our future research plan.

In addition, we obtained many important new findings of the basic and clinical science of respiratory medicine at the APSR Congress.

Hanoi was a very beautiful and friendly city and I enjoyed eating Vietnamese traditional food in Hanoi. I hope that further APSR Congresses will be held there again in the future.

Finally, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to my boss Dr Izumo, and my colleagues in our department. I know that I wouldn't have had this great opportunity if it weren't for their support. In addition, I hope I can contribute to the further medicine progress.

Thank you again, APSR, for the opportunity and support.

Naoyuki Kuse

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Dr Yasuhiko Nishioka (left)
and Dr Naoyuki Kuse (right)