Rapid pleurodesis using small bore pigtail catheter and bleomycin in malignant pleural effusions: a case series
Pleural drainage is the treatment of choice for patients presented with symptomatic malignant pleural effusion. The conventional method of treatment is insertion of large bore thoracostomy tube (chest tube) before proceeding to chemical pleurodesis. The aim of this preliminary prospective study was...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/37598/1/Pages_from_Dr._Mohd_Nizam_Md_Hashim.pdf |