Australasian Malignant PLeural Effusion (AMPLE)-3 trial: study protocol for a multi-centre randomised study comparing indwelling pleural catheter (±talc pleurodesis) versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for management of malignant pleural effusion

INTRODUCTION: Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) are common. MPE causes significant breathlessness and impairs quality of life. Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) allow ambulatory drainage and reduce hospital days and re-intervention rates when compared to standard talc slurry pleurodesis. Daily dra...

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Autores principales: Fitzgerald, Deirdre B., Sidhu, Calvin, Budgeon, Charley, Tan, Ai Ling, Read, Catherine A., Kwan, Benjamin C. H., Smith, Nicola Ann, Fysh, Edward T., Muruganandan, Sanjeevan, Saghaie, Tajalli, Shrestha, Ranjan, Badiei, Arash, Nguyen, Phan, Burke, Andrew, Goddard, John, Windsor, Morgan, McDonald, Julie, Wright, Gavin, Czarnecka, Kasia, Sivakumar, Parthipan, Yasufuku, Kazuhiro, Feller-Kopman, David J., Maskell, Nick A., Murray, Kevin, Lee, Y. C. Gary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9235203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35761341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06405-7

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