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[Pleuroscopy and talc pleurodesis in recurrent pleural effusions: experience with 51 cases]
V Panebianco1, F Calanducci, A Poli
1Divisione di P.S. e Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Università degli Studi di Catania, Ospedale Cannizzaro, Catania.
Il Giornale Di Chirurgia
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
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%.