Prolonged pleural catheters in the management of pleural effusions due to breast cancer

Demirhan O., Ordu C., Toker A.

JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE, cilt.6, sa.2, ss.74-78, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.12.38
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.74-78
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Breast cancer is the second most common etiologic cause in malignant pleural effusions (MPE). The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of long term pleural catheters in inducing self sclerosis in pleural effusions of breast cancer patients.