纤维光学早在上个世纪就有人从事研究,到本世纪60年代国外才研制成纤维内腔镜应用于医学领域。70年代初国内先后引进国外产品开展临床工作。此后各家,尤其国外有关纤维内腔镜应用之报告渐增,广泛应用于临床及基础医学的研究,其发展从单一的检查手段过渡为治疗手段。这里特将纤维支气管镜(以下简称纤支镜)有关报告综合介 Fiber optics had been engaged in research as early as the last century, and it was only in the 1960s that foreign countries developed fiber endoscopes in the medical field. In the early 1970s, China introduced foreign products to carry out clinical work. Since then, various countries, especially abroad, have reported increasing use of fiber endoscopes. They are widely used in clinical and basic medical research, and their development has transitioned from a single examination to a treatment. This is a special report on fiber bronchoscopy (hereinafter referred to as bronchoscopy).