Open AccessPleurodesis Using Mistletoe Extract Delivered via a Spray Catheter during Semirigid Pleuroscopy for Managing Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusion
Author(s) -
Jung Seop Eom,
HyeJin Ahn,
Jeongha Mok,
Geewon Lee,
Eun-Jung Jo,
MiHyun Kim,
Kwangha Lee,
Ki Uk Kim,
Hye Kyung Park,
Min Ki Lee
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000481869
Subject(s) - pleurodesis , medicine , thoracoscopy , pleural effusion , surgery , malignant pleural effusion , catheter , chest tube , mesothelioma , pleural disease , respiratory disease , anesthesia , lung , pneumothorax , pathology
Talc poudrage during thoracoscopy is considered the standard procedure for patients with symptomatic malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Until now, no alternative technique other than talc poudrage for pleurodesis during medical thoracoscopy has been proposed. Liquid sclerosants, such as mistletoe extract, have been sprayed evenly into the pleural cavity during semirigid pleuroscopy for chemical pleurodesis.