| Autor: |
Ponn, Ronald B., Blancaflor, Jonathan, D'Agostino, Richard S., Kiernan, Mary Ella, Toole, Allan L., Stern, Harold |
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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery; April 1991, Vol. 51 Issue: 4 p605-609, 5p |
| Abstrakt: |
Pleuroperitoneal shunts were implanted in 17 patients with intractable pleural effusions, 15 of which were malignant and 2 benign. Complicating factors included 13 instances of severe trapped lung and 3 cases of synchronous ascites. There was one hospital death. Palliation of dyspnea at rest was achieved in all patients, although 3 required oxygen with exertion. Four shunts became occluded between 1 and 10 months after placement. Two of these were replaced. The remaining conduits continued to function to the present or until the patients' deaths between 1 and 28 months. Shunting allowed hospital discharge and provided symptomatic relief in a group of patients in whom other approaches had failed or were not applicable. |
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