Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs decrease the quality of pleurodesis after mechanical pleural abrasion☆ | Zendy

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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs decrease the quality of pleurodesis after mechanical pleural abrasion☆

Author(s) -

Didier Lardinois,

Paul Vogt,

Limin Yang,

Ivan Hegyi,

M Baslam,

Walter Weder

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.01.028

Subject(s) - pleurodesis , medicine , abrasion (mechanical) , surgery , diclofenac , adhesion , pneumothorax , chest tube , thoracoscopy , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are often applied for pain management after thoracic surgery. Since these drugs diminish collagen deposition through inhibition of the prostaglandin synthesis, we investigated their effects on adhesion formation after endoscopic mechanical pleural abrasion, which is often applied in the therapy of pneumothorax.

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