Thoracoscopic talc poudrage in malignant pleural effusions: effective pleurodesis despite low pleural pH.
Chest
; 113(4): 1007-12, 1998 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-9554639
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of pleurodesis by thoracoscopic talc poudrage (TTP) in patients with low pH malignant pleural effusions. DESIGN: Review of prospectively collected data on all thoracoscopic procedures performed from 1982 to 1996. PATIENTS AND SETTING: Twenty-five members in a prepaid, closed-panel health maintenance organization, whose malignant pleural effusion pH was < or = 7.30. INTERVENTIONS: Pleural fluid pH was measured prior to diagnostic and therapeutic, single puncture, rigid thoracoscopy, under local anesthesia, in an operating room. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Success of pleurodesis was determined with serial radiographs at 10 days, 30 days, and frequent intervals until death or up to 1 year following the procedure. Failure was indicated by evidence of recurrent fluid or persistence of a space between the visceral and parietal pleura. Morbidity of the procedure, days of chest tube drainage, and days of hospitalization were recorded concurrently during hospitalization and outpatient follow-up. Fifty of the 76 patients found to have a pleural pH measurement had a pleural pH >7.30, averaging 7.37 (7.31 to 7.55). The other 26 patients (34%) with pH < or = 7.30 (low pH) are the subjects of this study, of whom 25 were evaluable. Pleurodesis was successful in 22 of 25 (88%), although 4 died prior to 30 days. The three failures all had trapped lung. Chest tube drainage averaged 3.2+/-1.3 days, which approximated the time of hospitalization (3.3+/-1.1 days). There were no thoracoscopy-related deaths; significant morbidity occurred only in one patient with trapped lung, who had prolonged chest tube drainage before and after TTP, and eventually developed empyema. CONCLUSIONS: TTP is an effective pleurodesis technique in malignant pleural effusions, even when the pleural pH is low. The short hospital stay and high success rate make this approach a good choice in palliating symptomatic malignant pleural effusions.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Derrame Pleural Maligno
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Pleurodesia
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Chest
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos