title: Clinical analysis of bronchoscopic electrocoagulation in pediatric patients.
abstract: This study is to explore the efficacy and safety of bronchoscopic electrocoagulation treatment for pediatric disease of poor ventilation. Seventy pediatric patients of airway stenosis and obstruction as well as pharyngeal and laryngeal cysts received bronchoscopic electrocoagulation treatment, including 15 cases of epiglottic cyst, 13 cases of cicatricial hyperplasia of fibrous tissue after trachea intubation, 5 cases of foreign body in bronchus and 37 cases of endobronchial tuberculosis. Before and after the last electrocoagulation treatment, treatment efficacy was evaluated by examining the patients' clinical presentations and lesions in airway under bronchoscope, examining chest CT and pulmonary function, and estimating pulmonary atelectasis and ventilation function. Seventy cases of pediatric patients were treated by bronchoscopic electrocoagulation, with the total treatment number of 106 times. Among them, 66 cases were treated with marked efficacy and 4 cases were with effective treatment. There was no invalid treatment. The treatment efficacy was 100% without complications. Bronchoscopic electrocoagulation treatment is a fast, effective and safe therapeutic method in treating airway stenosis and obstruction, such as foreign body in bronchus, granulation tissue hyperplasia, and epiglottic cysts. It is worthy of being widely applied in clinic.
authors: Department of Respiratory Interventional Radiology, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University Jinan 250022, P. R. China.
authors: Caiyun
authors: C
authors: Ni
authors: Department of Respiratory Interventional Radiology, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University Jinan 250022, P. R. China.
authors: Huafeng
authors: H
authors: Yu
authors: Department of Respiratory Interventional Radiology, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University Jinan 250022, P. R. China.
authors: Xiaorong
authors: X
authors: Han
authors: Department of Respiratory Interventional Radiology, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University Jinan 250022, P. R. China.
authors: Chen
authors: C
authors: Meng
authors: Department of Respiratory Interventional Radiology, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University Jinan 250022, P. R. China.
authors: Yanqing
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
keywords: Airway obstruction; atelectasis; bronchoscope; electrocoagulation; pediatric patients