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Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions Using the Pleurx Catheter

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1 Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions Using the Pleurx Catheter
William H. Warren, MD, Robert Kalimi, MD, Lisa M. Khodadadian, MD, Anthony W. Kim, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 85, Issue 3, Pages (March 2008) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Intraoperative photograph taken through a thoracoscope. Video-assisted thoracic surgery was performed 11 days after insertion of a Pleurx catheter to drain a cytologically negative effusion in a patient with breast cancer. Note the many inflammatory adhesions over the entire pleural surface and the absence of a pleural effusion. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

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