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INTRODUCTION. Video-assisted thoracoscopy is a useful tool to treat multiple thoracic diseases, such as the malignant pleural effusion when the other treatment modalities have failed in the control of the effusion. It was the objective of this study to evaluate the usefulness of the video-assisted thoracoscopy by talc pleurodesis among patients with malignant pleural effusion. in our service. METHODS. A retrospective prospective study that included 45 consecutive patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopy for the diagnosis or treatment of a malignant pleural effusion. was carried out. The patients were treated between January 1995 and July 2005. The studied variables were sex, age, origin of the primary tumor, complications, mortality and the fundamental interest to determine the percentage of relapses 30 days after the application of the procedure.RESULTS. 24 patients were males (53.3 %) and 21 were females (46.7 %). The predominating diseases were lung (48.9 %) and breast cancer (31.1 %). Most of the patients were 51-70. In all the cases, excepting one, the method was considered useful, since the thoracic drainage stent was removed, and a month after surgery the effusion did not reappear. The most frequent complications were postoperative fever (7) and empyema (2). A patient died due to respiratory failure.CONCLUSIONS. Video-assisted thoracoscopy was a useful tool for treating patients with malignant pleural effusion by talc pleurodesis. No relapse of the effusion was observed 30 days after surgery.【 授权许可】
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