Hemoptysis surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]

Indications

• Surgical intervention is recommended for the management of massive hemoptysis.
• Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening condition and requires prompt intensive care.

Surgery

• Patients with massive hemoptysis must be admitted in the ICU and prompt surgical and medical interventions must be started.
• An appropriate team of cardiothoracic surgery, pulmonary medicine, anesthesia, and interventional radiology is required to manage the massive hemoptysis.
• Different techniques that are used to stop bleeding, include:
  • Bronchial arterial embolization
  • Bronchoscopic balloon tamponade