将有关支气管镜(以下简称CP)通用方法调查表送到日本120个较大的胸内、外科专家学会。有96个单位对调查项目作了答复,其中49个是教学单位,47个主要是临床单位。有一个单位只使用硬质CP,而61(65%)个单位只使用柔韧的CP。29个单位偶而使用硬质CP,6个单位为了插入纤维光学器械而使用硬质CP。在调查对硬质CP的看法时,33%回答几乎没有什么临床价值,且已经被废弃;35%认为硬质CP在摘除异物时是必要的,但44%单位摘除异物宁可使用 The general method questionnaire on bronchoscopy (hereinafter referred to as CP) was sent to 120 larger thoracic and surgical specialists in Japan. A total of 96 units responded to the survey items, of which 49 were teaching units and 47 were mainly clinical units. One unit used only hard CP, while 61 (65%) used only flexible CP. 29 units occasionally use hard CP, 6 units use hard CP for insertion of fiber optics. Of the 33% of the respondents surveyed with a view to hard CP, they had little clinical value and were obsolete; 35% thought that hard CP was necessary to remove foreign body, but 44%