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[Thoracoscopic video-assisted talcum pleurodesis (TTP)--effective treatment of malignant pleural effusion].

INTRODUCTION: Aim of the palliative therapeutic procedure should be a fast, efficient and pain free treatment of the malignant pleural effusions. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Since 1995 the results of malignant pleural effusions treatment were analyzed retrospectively in 46 patients who underwent 51 video-assisted TTP. The most frequent origin of malignant pleural effusion was breast cancer, followed by bronchial carcinoma. Precondition for video-assisted TTP was the verification of a malignant pleural effusion by cytology. RESULTS: Following TTP one patient suffered from pneumonia, two recurrent diseases occurred. Four patients died due to their severe primary malignancy. Average hospitalization was 8 days (3-55). CONCLUSION: Video-assisted TTP is the standard procedure in palliative treatment of malignant pleural effusion; the recurrence rate is low and the technique minimal invasive.

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