Malignant pleural effusion treatment outcomes: Pleurodesis via video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) versus tube thoracostomy

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 332-336

  Luh, Shing Ping ^a   Chen, C Y ^b   Tzao, C Y ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heart and lung transplantation; Heart disease; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; TALC; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEST TUBES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748579569     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923931     Document Type: Review

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