Thoracoscopic evaluation of the effect of tumour burden on the outcome of pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion
Background: It has been postulated that when the intrapleural tumour burden is high, the resultant obliteration of normal mesothelial cell surface of the pleura results in reduction in pleurodesis success rate. Aims: to assess the hypothesis that tumour burden is associated with higher pleurodesis...
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| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2021
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