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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Life expectancy of patients with malignant pleural effusion treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis
…1995 to November 2002 were included in retrospective analysis. VATS was performed in general anaesthesia and 5 g of asbestos-free talc was insufflated into the pleural cavity. Postoperative pleural drainage was used until fluid output…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Should all patients who have mesothelioma diagnosed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery have their intervention sites irradiated?
…studied, study type, relevant outcomes and results of these papers are tabulated. There is no general consensus in the literature. Four studies recommend prophylactic irradiation therapy (PIT), while three studies stated that PIT was unnecessary. A…