Bronchial arterial embolization may reduce the risk of severe bleeding in central airway obstruction due to renal cell carcinomas during bronchoscopic procedures

Background: Hemorrhage is a life-threatening complication during bronchoscopic intervention in patients with central airway obstruction (CAO) due to metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Whether pre-bronchoscopic bronchial arterial embolization (BAE) can reduce the risk of severe bleeding in CAO pa...

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Main Authors: Meimei Tao, Nan Zhang, Hongwu Wang, Hongming Ma, Hong Gao, Zhina Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1753466620976012