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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Autors principals: Ellayeh, M, Bedawi, E, Banka, R, Sundaralingam, A, George, V, Kanellakis, N, Hallifax, R, Wrightson, J, Rahman, N
Format: Conference item
Idioma:English
Publicat: European Respiratory Society 2021