Life-Threatening Massive Hemoptysis: A Unique Option Using Customized Endobronchial Silicone Blocker

Airway bleeding with massive hemoptysis (MH) has a high morbidity and mortality. With rapid deterioration, conventional methods such as bronchial artery embolization or surgery are not possible, and unconventional methods are described. We describe a situation of airway bleed leading to MH of left main bronchial origin, where emergent placement of a customized endobronchial silicone blocker (CESB) was done to contain bleeding. We propose the CESB as a useful modality in life-threatening MH, when conventional options are not feasible. *Corresponding author: Ravindra M. Mehta, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore, India, Tel: +91-9980910645; E-mail: ravihetal@gmail.com Received August 23, 2018; Accepted August 28, 2018; Published September 04, 2018 Citation: Singla A, Yadav P, Bajaj P, Venkateshappa H, Loknath C, et al. (2018) Life-Threatening Massive Hemoptysis: A Unique Option Using Customized Endobronchial Silicone Blocker. J Pulm Respir Med 8: 468. doi: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000468 Copyright: ©2018 Singla A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.