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Role of Cryotherapy in Obstructive endobronchial Neoplasms

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Sabah Ahmed Hussein1 , M.D, Alaa Eldin Omar Shalaby2 , M.D, Raef Hosny Emam3 , M.D, Irene Mohamed sabry4 , M.D, Hamza Saeed Abdel Aziz5 , M.D.
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.9.174

Abstract

Background: A common manifestation of lung cancer is central involvement of the airway. Bronchoscopic electrocautery, laser, argon plasma coagulation (APC), cryotherapy, photodynamic therapy, brachytherapy, intra-tumoral chemotherapy, mechanical debridement, and rotational micro-debrider are common treatments for patients with endobronchial neoplasms with the goals of debulking and palliation. Cryotherapy causes local tissue destruction by the application of extremely low temperatures (below -15 to -40°C). The profound cooling that occurs at the tip from the rapid expansion of gas results in intracellular and extracellular cryogenesis with coagulation necrosis

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