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Efficacy and safety of ethanol injection for endobronchial tumor debulking (a feasibility study)

Airway obstruction by malignant tumors may lead to dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, atelectasis and pneumonia. The aim was to assess safety and efficacy of ethanol injection in debulking of endobronchial malignant tumors. It included 20 patients with endobronchial malignant tumors and divided into 2 grou...

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Published in:The Egyptian journal of chest diseases and tuberculosis 2017-07, Vol.66 (3), p.471-476
Main Authors: ElBadrawy, Mohammad Khairy, Moustafa, Amal Fathy, Moawad, Amr Abdelhamid, El-Sherbiny, Doaa Hashem Hasan, Farouk, Fatma, Rahman, Manar Ahmad Abdel
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Language:English
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Summary:Airway obstruction by malignant tumors may lead to dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, atelectasis and pneumonia. The aim was to assess safety and efficacy of ethanol injection in debulking of endobronchial malignant tumors. It included 20 patients with endobronchial malignant tumors and divided into 2 groups randomly: group A; 10 patients subjected to ethanol injection plus chemotherapy and group B; included 10 patients treated with chemotherapy alone. There was a significant improvement in dyspnea, cough and hemoptysis scores in group A after the end of the study (P1: 0.004, 0.014 and 0.014 respectively) and a significant improvement in group A compared with group B 2weeks after the last session of chemotherapy as regard dyspnea and cough (P2
ISSN:0422-7638
DOI:10.1016/j.ejcdt.2016.12.001