## 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
Tumor Type Influences the Effectiveness of Pleurodesis in Malignant Effusions
✍ Scribed by Silvia Bielsa; Paula Hernández; Francisco Rodriguez-Panadero; Teresa Taberner; Antonieta Salud; José M. Porcel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 189
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0341-2040
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