Proceeds from the 2020 Bothwell Foundation Benefit will go toward the purchase of an EBUS, which is an Endobronchial Ultrasound System. The system will help with diagnosing lung cancer and other lung disorders with a minimally invasive but highly effective procedure.
The cost of the equipment is about $160,000 and the request for the foundation’s support to purchase it came Dr. Dan Woolery, a pulmonologist with Bothwell Pulmonary Specialists and Bothwell’s Perioperative Services department.
“Currently, our patients have to travel to other facilities outside our community for diagnosis and treatment of their illnesses,” said Kathy Johnson, Perioperative Services director. “The acquisition of this equipment would be very exciting because it will provide a new, much needed service to people in our community and in the surrounding areas.”
Woolery said that the accuracy and speed of the EBUS procedure lends itself to rapid on-site evaluation so that pathologists can process and examine biopsy samples and diagnose them quickly.
“The system also allows us to easily view difficult to reach areas and access more areas for biopsy than through conventional procedures requiring incisions,” he said. “The procedure can be performed under moderate or general anesthesia in the operating room, and patients recover quickly and usually go home the same day.”
