Pleuroscopy and talc pleurodesis in recurrent pleural effusions: experience with 51 cases
Panebianco, V.; Calanducci, F.; Poli, A.; Blandino, R.; Pistritto, A.; Ferreri, M.E.; Grasso, A.; Puzzo, L.; Messina, D.; Magnano, V.
Il Giornale di Chirurgia 16(10): 437-441
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-9005 PMID: 8588987 Document Number: 443060
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%.