Endovascular treatment for massive haemoptysis due to pulmonary pseudoaneurysm: report of 23 cases.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of endovascular treatment for massive haemoptysis caused by pulmonary pseudoaneurysm (PAP).

Methods: The clinical data, imaging data, and endovascular treatment protocol of 23 patients with massive haemoptysis caused by continuous PAP were retrospectively analysed. The success, complications, postoperative recurrence rate, and influence of the treatment on pulmonary artery pressure were also evaluated.

[Dual-thermotherapy for parenchymal hepatic cells carcinoma].

Objective: To study the efficacy and safety of transhepatic arterial "dual-thermotherapy" (DT) for parenchymal hepatic cells carcinoma.

Methods: Fifty patients (mean age 55.5 years, DT group) with parenchymal hepatic cells carcinoma were treated with transhepatic arterial thermochemotherapy with warmed lipiodol (80 degrees C) and warmed chemotherapeutic agents (50 degrees C).