placed for anesthesia.[citation needed] Surgical pleurodesis, also known as mechanical or abrasive pleurodesis, may be performed via thoracotomy or thoracoscopy...

tube to achieve chemical pleurodesis, such as talc, tetracycline, minocycline or doxycycline. Results of chemical pleurodesis tend to be worse than when...

fungi and viruses (including HIV and Herpes simplex). It is used in pleurodesis (fusion of the pleura because of incessant pleural effusions). For this...

the case of a recurrent pneumothorax, pleurodesis may be used to prevent further air accumulation. Pleurodesis is the obliteration of the pleural space...

becomes clogged, fluid will be left behind and the pleurodesis will fail.[citation needed] Pleurodesis fails in as many as 30% of cases. An alternative...

formation including somatostatin/octreotide, midodrine and sirolimus, pleurodesis, and surgical treatment including ligation of the thoracic duct, pleurovenous...

under the trade names Pyodine and Betadine, among others. It is used in pleurodesis (fusion of the pleura because of incessant pleural effusions). For this...

exploration can be used in an attempt to visualize the problem; mechanical pleurodesis or hormonal suppressive therapy can also be used. Sometimes, a second...

do not, the doctor may seal the pleural space. This is called pleurodesis. Pleurodesis involves the drainage of all the fluid out of the chest through...

of List of surgical procedures (such as Arthrodesis, Epiphysiodesis, Pleurodesis) Desis (spider), a genus of intertidal spiders Desi (disambiguation)...

cells may also be decreased in cases of rheumatoid pleuritis or post-pleurodesis pleuritis. Eosinophils are often seen if a patient has recently undergone...

includes surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. A procedure known as pleurodesis, which involves using substances such as talc to scar together the pleura...

License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Shaw P, Agarwal R (2004). Shaw PH (ed.). "Pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions". The Cochrane Database of Systematic...

low pleural fluid pH is associated with poorer survival and reduced pleurodesis efficacy. Pleural fluid cytology is positive in 60% of cases. However...

pharmaceutical products as a glidant. In medicine, talc is used as a pleurodesis agent to prevent recurrent pleural effusion or pneumothorax. In the European...

Extensive confluent thickening, sometimes with pleural effusion After pleurodesis Diffuse Non-progressive After hemothorax Usually basolateral distribution...

in the pleura may be produced intentionally using a technique called pleurodesis to prevent recurrent punctured lung (pneumothorax), and the usually limited...

require division and decortication. For recurrent pleural effusions, pleurodesis can be performed to establish permanent obliteration of the pleural space...

despite undergoing significantly less procedures. As a last resort, pleurodesis can be used for people without ascites; by irritating the pleura together...

transplant have had a prior pleurodesis procedure, and more than 75% of those had had prior bilateral pleurodesis. Although pleurodesis is not a contraindication...

reconstruction, aortic arch surgery, lung transplant, lung cancer, thoracoscopy, pleurodesis, aortic disease, aortic dissections, cerebral protection, aortic valve...

Bronchotomy · Thoracotomy · Thyrotomy · Tracheotomy · lateral rhinotomy Pleurodesis · Lung transplantation Cardiovascular Angioplasty · Valvuloplasty Pericardiectomy ·...

effect of dasatinib. Some of these people required thoracentesis or pleurodesis to treat the effusions. Other adverse events included mild to moderate...

known allergy to the sclerosing agent, and treatment with tamoxifen. Pleurodesis CLaCS, a treatment using a transdermal laser and sclerotherapy Harper...

October 2016. Amin R, Noone PG, Ratjen F (December 2012). "Chemical pleurodesis versus surgical intervention for persistent and recurrent pneumothoraces...

pulmonary, pleural or mediastinal pathology; decortication for empyema; pleurodesis for recurrent pleural effusions or spontaneous pneumothorax; surgical...

symptoms of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in adult TSC patients include pleurodesis to prevent pneumothorax and lung transplantation in the case of irreversible...

effusions can be treated in a similar manner, with repeated thoracentesis, pleurodesis, or placement of a drain. Radiation therapy can be used as part of the...

such as video assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) and mechanical or chemical pleurodesis should be considered in case of recurrent pneumothorax. MRIs are the...

success as follows:[citation needed] Cardiothoracic (heart and lung): Pleurodesis Ligation of thoracic duct Pleurperitoneal shunt Radiation therapy Pleurectomy...