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The efficacy and safety of povidone-iodine as a pleurodesis-inducing agent in spontaneous pneumothorax: An experience from a tertiary care hospital for publication

Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Background: Primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP or SSP) is a common treatable disease but notorious for its recurrence over the years. Intercoastal tube (ICT) thoracostomy is often done to relieve pneumothorax.
Sourindra Nath Banerjee, Rupam Kumar Ta, Kaliprasanna Chatterjee   +2 more
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A mechanism for improved talc pleurodesis via foam delivery

Drug Delivery, 2021
Talcum powder is recognized as the leading drug for pleurodesis, a treatment of choice for malignant pleural effusions. Recently, it was shown that hydrogel foam delivery systems significantly enhanced the number of adhesions between the chest wall and ...
T. A. Lima, R. A. Coler, G. W. Laub, S. Sexton, L. Curtin, K. M. Laub, N. J. Alvarez   +6 more
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Primary pneumothorax: Should surgery be offered after the first episode? [PDF]

, 2015
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Sihoe, DLA, Yeung, JWL, Yu, SYP
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Evaluation of the Quality of Life in Patients with Pleurodesis

Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2019
INTRODUCTION[|]Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) cause a decrease in the quality of life and are the most important cause of anxiety in this group of patients. Currently, it is aimed not only to eliminate the diseases but also to increase the quality of
Hasan Ersöz, Hatice Dayılar Candan
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Five Cases of Congenital Chylothorax Treated by Intrapleural Minocycline

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2012
Minocycline pleurodesis was performed on five infants with congenital chylothorax in our institutions. They could not achieve sufficient efficacy though they had received other conservative therapies.
Masatoshi Kaneko, Yuji Kanai, Hayato Go, Takashi Imamura, Nobuo Momoi, Mitsuaki Hosoya   +5 more
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Australasian Malignant PLeural Effusion (AMPLE)-3 trial: study protocol for a multi-centre randomised study comparing indwelling pleural catheter (±talc pleurodesis) versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for management of malignant pleural effusion

Trials, 2022
Introduction Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) are common. MPE causes significant breathlessness and impairs quality of life. Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) allow ambulatory drainage and reduce hospital days and re-intervention rates when compared ...
Deirdre B. Fitzgerald, Calvin Sidhu, Charley Budgeon, Ai Ling Tan, Catherine A. Read, Benjamin C. H. Kwan, Nicola Ann Smith, Edward T. Fysh, Sanjeevan Muruganandan, Tajalli Saghaie, Ranjan Shrestha, Arash Badiei, Phan Nguyen, Andrew Burke, John Goddard, Morgan Windsor, Julie McDonald, Gavin Wright, Kasia Czarnecka, Parthipan Sivakumar, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, David J. Feller-Kopman, Nick A. Maskell, Kevin Murray, Y. C. Gary Lee   +24 more
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Specific effects of bortezomib against experimental malignant pleural effusion: a preclinical study [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: We have previously shown that nuclear factor (NF)-κB activation of mouse Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) specifically promotes the induction of malignant pleural effusions (MPE) by these cells. In the present studies we hypothesized that treatment
Androniki Kollintza, Charalampos Moschos, Charis Roussos, Georgios T Stathopoulos, Ioannis Kalomenidis, Ioannis Psallidas, Panagiota Theodoropoulou, Sophia Magkouta, Sophia P Karabela, Taylor P Sherrill, Timothy S Blackwell   +10 more
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Factors Associated With Early Recurrence in Non‐Surgically Managed Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

World Journal of Surgery, Volume 49, Issue 9, Page 2335-2343, September 2025.
The indications for surgery in primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) at first episode are clearly defined. Despite the indications, some patients avoid surgical treatment. This study examines the factors affecting early recurrence in patients who have not undergone surgical intervention.
Sercan Aydin, Seda Kahraman Aydin, Dilara Gursoy, Ayse Gul Ergonul, Tevfik Ilker Akcam, Kutsal Turhan, Ufuk Cagirici, Alpaslan Cakan, Omer Faruk Dadas   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Successful autologous blood pleurodesis in two maintenance hemodialysis patients with idiopathic refractory pleural effusion: case reports and literature review

Renal Replacement Therapy
Background Refractory pleural effusion occasionally occurs in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and is associated with a poor prognosis. We recently encountered idiopathic refractory pleural effusion in two patients undergoing maintenance ...
Ryoichi Miyazaki, Kyoko Miyagi, Tatsuhito Miyanaga, Kazuhiko Igarashi, Mitsuo Awaji   +4 more
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Does Abrasion Pleurodesis increase the Morbidity of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Primary Pneumothorax? [PDF]

, 2016
Posters - Topic 6: Thoracic 2 - Pain, Pleura and Port Approaches: no. P62OBJECTIVE: Pneumothorax surgery is a frequently used model to investigate the impact of surgical approach on postoperative morbidity.
Li, JL, Luo, QG, Pang, DZ, Sihoe, DLA
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