Airway obstruction following bronchoscopic photodynamic therapy in early centrally located lung cancer requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment modality of early central located non–small-cell lung cancer, and in patients who are unsuitable for surgical intervention. Most complications of PDT reported in the literature are minor and can be easily handled. We report a case presenting with nearly fata...

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Main Authors: Yin-Chun Chang, Jang-Ming Lee, Wen-Je Ko, Yung-Chie Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664612003683