Management of recurrent malignant pleural effusions. The complementary role of talc pleurodesis and pleuroperitoneal shunting

A randomized comparison of indwelling pl

A randomized comparison of indwelling pleural catheter and doxycycline pleurodesis in the management of malignant pleural effusions

✍ Joe B. Putnam Jr.; Richard W. Light; R. Michael Rodriguez; Ronald Ponn; Jemi Ola 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 99 KB 👁 2 views

## 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