Francesco Petrella, Patrick Maisonneuve, Alessandro Borri, Monica Casiraghi, Stefano Donghi, Sava Durkovic, Niccolo Filippi, Domenico Galetta, Roberto Gasparri, Juliana Guarize, Giorgio Lo Iacono, Alessio Vincenzo Mariolo, Adele Tessitore, Lorenzo Spaggiari
BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) complicates many neoplasms and its incidence is expected to rise in parallel with the aging population and longer survival of cancer patients. Although a clear consensus exists on indwelling catheters in patients with poor performance status, no study has hitherto compared different devices in patients requiring temporary or definitive drainage following talc poudrage. METHODS: This is a prospective, two-arm, pilot study on patients with MPE undergoing talc poudrage, comparing two different catheters (PleurX® versus Pleurocath® ) positioned because of the inefficacy of the procedure or the high risk of short-term failure...
May 2018: Journal of Thoracic Disease