[Complications after Indwelling Pleural Catheter Implant for Symptomatic Recurrent Benign and Malignant Pleural Effusions].

CONCLUSION: Small pneumothoraxes are frequent after IPC implantation, but usually do not require specific therapy. IPC infection was detected in 15.1 % of all patients after a median period of 87 days. This was more common in patients with BPE, longer catheter dwell times and large pneumothorax. PMID: 32663890 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32663890?dopt=Abstract

Source: Pneumologie - July 16, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Pneumologie Source Type: research

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