Effect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage Versus Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions

Effect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage Versus Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions [1]

In this multi-institutional randomized trial comparing talc slurry through a chest tube to talc pudrage during VATS, success rates at 90 days were similar.

Source name:

JAMA Network

Resource link:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2757281?guestAccessKey=04a9d9f… [3]

Taxonomy:

Pleura - Effusion [4]

Subspecialty(ies):

Thoracic [5]

Author(s):

Rahul Bhatnagar, Hania E. G. Piotrowska, Magda Laskawiec-Szkonter, Brennan C. Kahan, Ramon Luengo-Fernandez, Justin C. T. Pepperell, Matthew D. Evison, Jayne Holme, Mohamed Al-Aloul, Ioannis Psallidas, Wei Shen Lim, Kevin G. Blyth, Mark E. Roberts, Giles Cox, Nicola J. Downer, Jurgen Herre, Pasupathy Sivasothy, Daniel Menzies, Mohammed Munavvar, Moe M. Kyi, Liju Ahmed, Alex G. West, Richard N. Harrison, Benjamin Prudon, Gihan Hettiarachchi, Biswajit Chakrabarti, Ajikumar Kavidasan, Benjamin P. Sutton, Natalie J. Zahan-Evans, Jack L. Quaddy, Anthony J. Edey, Amelia O. Clive, Steven P. Walker, Matthew H. R. Little, Xue W. Mei, John E. Harvey, Clare E. Hooper, Helen E. Davies, Mark Slade, Merle Sivier, Robert F. Miller, Najib M. Rahman, Nick A. Maskell

Taxonomy2018 vocabulary term reference:

Lung & Mediastinal 9 [6]