Investigtion the nursing care of the complications following the CT guided 125 I seed implantation in the treatment of me-diastinal metastases
ZHONG Chunhong
JIANG Hui
LIU Yakun
SHANG Qiongqiong
ZHANG Ying
HAN Mingyong
MA Linying
Abstract：Objective To investigate the nursing care of the complications following the 125 I seed implantation in the treatment of mediastinal metastases .Methods 30 patients with mediastinal metastases were treated with 125 I brachytherapy , and complica-tions and records of nursing cares were collected .Results Of the 30 patients studied , there were 6 patients (20%) developing pneumothorax, 3 of which needed to the thoracic drainage tube .Pulmonary hemorrhage were observed in four cases (13.3%), and incidence of needle tract hemorrhage was 13.3%(4/30).Hemoptysis were found in 4 cases (13.3%), and 1 case of nausea and vomiting .In addition , chest pain and allergic reaction were also observed in 2 cases and 1 case respectively .All the patients with the above complications were treated properly and recovered effectively after treatment , no serious complications were ob-served.Conclusion CT guided 125 I seed implantation were effective , safe, less invasive and had slightly amount of controllable complications in the treatment of mediastinal metastases .Enhancement of the nursing care before and after the 125 I brachytherapy enabled the treatment efficiency .
Keywords：125 I seed implantationMediastinal metastasesThe nursing care
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1009-1011,1051 )