[Investigation on the complications in bronchial artery infusion with chemotherapeutic agent to treat bronchogenic carcinoma].

This article reported 797 bronchial arteriography and bronchial artery infusion using CDDP, MMC or 5-FU, in 200 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. There were 10 patients who had severe complications (1.25%) including: large hematoma (one case), massive hemorrhage (one case), guide wire snapped broken in lumbar artery (one case), thrombosis of femoral artery (one case) and damage of radicular artery of spinal cord (six cases). The causes of complications were discussed.