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Park, Ahn, Kang, Koh, Suh, Chung, Kim, Kwon, Kim, Kim, Shim, and Rhee: Talc Pleurodesis via Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery(VATS) in Malignant Pleural Effusions
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1998; 45(4): 785-794.

Published online: 14 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1998.45.4.785

Talc Pleurodesis via Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery(VATS) in Malignant Pleural Effusions

Sang Joon Park, Seok Jin Ahn, Kyeong Woo Kang, Young Min Koh, Gee Young Suh, Man Pyo Chung, Ho Joong Kim, O Jung Kwon, Kwhan Mien Kim, Jhin Gook Kim, Young Mog Shim, Chong H Rhee

Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, College of Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Chemical pleurodesis is a widely used method for the control of symptomatic and recurrent malignant pleural effusions. Tab has been accepted to k the most effective sclerosing agent for chemical pleurodesis. This study was undertaken to evaluate the usefulness of talc pleurodesis via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) in treatment of malignant pleural effusion

Keywords: Malignant pleural effusion, Talc, Pleurodesis, Video-assisted tboracoscopic snrgery(VATS)

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