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Indwelling pleural catheters for malignancy-associated pleural effusion: report on a single centre’s ten years of experience

INTRODUCTION: Recurrent pleural effusion is a common cause of dyspnoea, cough and chest pain during the course of malignant diseases. Chemical pleurodesis had been the only definitive treatment option until two decades ago. Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) emerged as an alternative, not only assur...

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Autores principales: Frost, Nikolaj, Brünger, Martin, Ruwwe-Glösenkamp, Christoph, Raspe, Matthias, Tessmer, Antje, Temmesfeld-Wollbrück, Bettina, Schürmann, Dirk, Suttorp, Norbert, Witzenrath, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6888898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31791305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-019-1002-8