Bleomycin for orbital and peri-orbital veno-lymphatic malformations - A systematic review.

Khunsa FaizStephanos Nikolaos FinitsisJanice LintonJai Jai Shiva Shankar

Published in: Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences (2020)

Bleomycin/pingyangmycin sclerotherapy is very effective and relatively safe for the treatment of orbital and periorbital VLM and is not associated with any major side effects including pulmonary fibrosis.Limitations: The systematic review is limited mainly due to low quality of the included studies with retrospective design.

Keyphrases

pulmonary fibrosis
systematic review
meta analyses
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
lymph node
cross sectional
quality improvement
combination therapy