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Pleurodesis

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019
AbstractSymptomatic pleural disease, specifically malignant pleural effusion, refractory benign pleural effusion, and pneumothoraces are common diseases that often require therapeutic interventions. The spectrum of management strategies often includes selection of a chemical pleurodesis agent administered in combination with an indwelling pleural ...
Carla, Lamb   +3 more
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Thoracoscopic Pleurodesis

Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1993
Thoracoscopic pleurodesis for pneumothorax was performed on 23 patients (16 men, 7 women), including seven with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, over a 12-month period. Single-lumen intubation with spontaneous ventilation were used making intrapleural insufflation unnecessary. Postoperatively the patients required chest drainage for 1-28 (mean 3)
E, Fosse   +3 more
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Pleurodesis in Metastatic Pneumothorax

Chest, 1986
A 57-year-old woman with bilateral pneumothoraces secondary to pulmonary metastases from leiomyosarcoma of the uterus was treated successfully by intrapleural instillation of tetracycline.
G, Rammohan   +3 more
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Pleurodesis

2014
Pleurodesis is a standard procedure in respiratory medicine that can be done in a number of ways, from minimally invasive through to a full surgical operation. This chapter concentrates on the medical procedure of chemical pleurodesis using sclerosing agents.
Stephen Chapman   +4 more
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Chemical Pleurodesis

Chest, 1982
Larry W. Stephenson, John A. Macoviak
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[Pleurodesis technics].

La Revue du praticien, 1990
In patients with recurrent malignant or benign pleural effusion practitioners use specific treatments, but they are then faced with the problem of pleural fluid recurrence. Several techniques of pleurodesis have been used, including drainage, surgery, intrapleural injections and poudrage.
J C, Guérin, E, Boniface
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