[Pleuroscopy and talc pleurodesis in recurrent pleural effusions: experience with 51 cases]

Autor: V, Panebianco, F, Calanducci, A, Poli, R, Blandino, A, Pistritto, M E, Ferreri, A, Grasso, L, Puzzo, D, Messina, V, Magnano
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Il Giornale di chirurgia. 16(10)
ISSN: 0391-9005
Popis: From January '92 up to January '94 thoracoscopy was performed in 51 patients with recurrent pleural effusion: 49 of these patients underwent talc pleurodesis. 10 pleural mesotheliomas, 29 diffuse metastasic pleural involvement and 12 benign effusions were diagnosed. Intrapleural talc therapy allowed a definitive pleurodesis in 43 patients with a success rate of 87%.
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