Indwelling pleural drain for mobile management of malignant pleural effusion-combining benefits of both methods

Indwelling pleural drain for mobile management of malignant pleural effusion-combining benefits of both methods

Malignant pleural effusion is a leading cause of morbidity in lung cancer patients requiring repeated pleural aspirations or persistent intercostal drainage tube. Using an indigenous method of putting icd tube of smaller size with subcutaneous tunneling would allow draining fluid from lungs easily a...

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Main Authors: Dinesh Mehta, Anshu Gupta, Sameer Singhal, Sachin Bansal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
Indwelling catheter
intercostals drainage
malignant pleural effusion
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2015;volume=32;issue=1;spage=64;epage=66;aulast=Mehta

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