## BACKGROUND. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of a chronic indwelling pleural catheter with doxycycline pleurodesis via tube thoracostomy in the treatment of patients with recurrent symptomatic malignant pleural effusions (MPE). ## METHODS. In this multi-i
Description of a new technique: Management of pleural effusion with a Cystofix catheter
β Scribed by Dalokay KILIC; Alper FINDIKCIOGLU; Ahmet HATIPOGLU
- Book ID
- 108964567
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1323-7799
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