학술논문
A META-ANALYSIS ON INDWELLING PLEURAL CATHETERS VS PLEURODESIS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS: A MODERN DILEMMA.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*PLEURODESIS
*IMPLANTABLE catheters
*PLEURAL effusions
*META-analysis
*DILEMMA
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ISSN
0012-3692
Abstract
The secondary outcomes were length of hospital stay, dyspnea, quality of life, chest pain and complication rates. Pleurodesis had a trend towards favorable results in terms of quality of life, complication rates, empyema and chest pain. [Extracted from the article]