Success rate of medical thoracoscopy and talc pleurodesis in malignant pleurisy: A single-centre experience.

Leemans, Joke; Dooms, Christophe; Ninane, Vincent; Yserbyt, Jonas

Leemans, Joke; Dooms, Christophe; Ninane, Vincent; Yserbyt, Jonas.

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Leemans J; Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Dooms C; Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ninane V; Respiratory Division, St. Pierre University Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
Yserbyt J; Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Respirology ; 23(6): 613-617, 2018 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29320805

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Pleural Effusion, Malignant/therapy; Pleurodesis/methods; Talc/therapeutic use; Thoracoscopy/methods; Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use; Aged; Breast Neoplasms/complications; Carcinoma/complications; Digestive System Neoplasms/complications; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms/complications; Male; Mesothelioma/complications; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Odds Ratio; Ovarian Neoplasms/complications; Pleural Diseases/diagnostic imaging; Pleural Diseases/epidemiology; Pleural Effusion, Malignant/diagnostic imaging; Pleural Effusion, Malignant/epidemiology; Pleural Effusion, Malignant/etiology; Pleural Neoplasms/complications; Pleurisy/diagnostic imaging; Pleurisy/epidemiology; Pleurisy/etiology; Pleurisy/therapy; Retrospective Studies; Tissue Adhesions/epidemiology; Treatment Failure; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography

Key words

malignant pleural effusion; pleurodesis; thoracoscopy; trapped lung

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Talc / Thoracoscopy / Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Pleurodesis Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2018 Type: Article

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