A comparison of thoracoscopic talc insufflation, slurry, and mechanical abrasion pleurodesis

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 442-448

  Colt, Henri G ^a,b   Russack, Valentina ^a   Chiu, Yukuang ^a   Konopka, Ronald G ^a   Chiles, Peter G ^a   Pedersen, Craig A ^a   Kapelanski, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abrasion; pleurodesis; tale; thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ABRASION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GRANULATION TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0031019980     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.2.442     Document Type: Article

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