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http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/2133| Title: | Flexible fibre optic bronchoscopy in Ibadan: report of 6 years' experience |
| Authors: | AWOTEDU, A. A. OGUNNIYI, O. JAIYEOLA OLUBOYO, P. O. UKOLI, C. O. ONADEKO, B. O. |
| Keywords: | patients experience tuberculosis lung malignancies interstitial fibrosis fibre optic |
| Issue Date: | 1989 |
| Publisher: | BLACKWELL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS |
| Citation: | Afr. J. Med. med. Sci. (1989) 18. 155-158. |
| Abstract: | This study describes 6 years' experience of flexible fibre optic bronchoscopy (FFB) at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Ninetythree bronchoscopies were carried out in 83 patients. The study revealed 22 patients with primary lung malignancies, four with tuberculosis, three with secondary malignancies, three with sarcoidosis, and two with interstitial fibrosis. The yield from FFB was 44% and complications were encountered in only three patients, with no mortality |
| Description: | Article |
| URI: | http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/2133 |
| ISSN: | 1116-4077 |
| Appears in Collections: | African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences |
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| Awotedu et al_Flexible_1989.pdf | Article | 5.24 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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