Impact of pleural effusion pH on the efficacy of thoracoscopic mechanical pleurodesis in patients with breast carcinoma

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 432-436

  Crnjac, A ^a   Sok, M ^b   Kamenik, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Malignant pleural effusion; Mechanical pleurodesis; pH; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ABRASION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TALC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3543076954     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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