The value of interventional therapy of hemoptysis
WA NG Jiang-tao
CAO gang
ZHA NG gen-shan
XU wen-jie
Abstract：Objective To investigate the value of interventional therapy in the treatment of hemoptysis .Methods From January 2010 to December 2012 ,we completed a total of 34 cases of bronchial artery embolization for massive hemoptysis patients ,of which 23 cases were male ,11 cases were femal ,aged 27~81 years old ,with an average of 56 years old .The reasons included bronchiectasis ,tuberculosis ,lung cancer ,unexplained etc .The hemoptysis of patients would be observed after operation .Results All of the 34 patients ,31 patients with hemoptysis stopped ,3 patients bleed again .The efficien-cy was 91 .2% (31/34) .The low fever ,intercostals pain and other symptoms occurred in some patients after operation .No serious complications occurred .Conclusion Interventional treatment is a safe ,effective way to the hemoptysis patients with medical treatment .
Keywords：HemoptysisInterventional therapyBronchial artery embolization
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 951-953 )