[Interventional treatment of non-operable central lung cancer]

From 1992 Jan. to 1992 Dec. 32 patients with lung cancer which were centrally located and considered to be non-operable were treated by bronchial artery chemoembolization. Each patient received 1-3 times of this interventional therapy. Chest radiographic observation showed that, in 27 cases the lesions were significantly reduced and in 5 cases, the lesions were disappeared. There were 2 cases whose laryngeal nerves were temporally pressed by the lesion resulting in hoarseness were completely recovered. The early results were satisfactory in all of our patients. In this article, the diagnosis of central lung cancer, the techniques of interventional bronchial artery chemoembolization and how to avoid the high level paraplegia resulting from spinal injuries were also discussed.