Poor man medical pneumoplasty: Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with hot saline versus dissolved doxycycline as a neoteric remedy of pulmonary emphysema

Background: Endoscopic lung volume reduction maneuver using simple inexpensive reagents to remodel and shrivel damaged regions of the lung has been accomplished in managing human with pulmonary emphysema as a surrogate for surgical interference. Objectives: Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of h...

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Main Authors: A.M. Abumossalam, H.A. El-Halaby, A.M. Abd El-khalek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763815300583