." (:09) doctor anthony zikos (zee-kohs) offered another option, a new f-d-a-approved treatment called bronchial thermoplasty(therm-o h-plas-tee). during the procedure doctors put a bronchoscope and a flexible catheter through a patient's mouth into the lungs to deliver radio frequency waves to the lining of the tissue. anthony zikos, do, fccp network "it's approximately 65 degrees, thermal energy, and the idea is to decrease the muscle mass in the bronchial tree." with less muscle, the airway walls are less likely to contract during an asthma attack. doctors perform three separate procedures, three weeks apart. deborah gentile, md dir. of asthma and allergy clinical research allegheny health network "this isn't for every asthmatic. this is for the worst of the worst that we can't control." the procedure has kept jenn out of the doctor's office and given her more tie jenn mcbride "just to give you a better quality of life. it's just amazing." i'm martie salt, reporting./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> doctors say once the initial three sessions of thermoplasty (therm-oh-plas -tee) are done, t