Treatment options for malignant pleural effusion

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-387

  Musani, Ali I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant pleural effusion; Pleural catheter; Pleurodesis; Pleuroscopy; Poudrage; Thoracoscopy; Trapped lung

Indexed keywords

TALC;

ALGORITHM; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERITONEUM PLEURA SHUNT; PLEURA EFFUSION; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SHUNTING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ALGORITHMS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHEST TUBES; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 67449097900     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32832c6a8a     Document Type: Review

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