Catheter Thoracostomy: Our 5 Years of Clinical Experience

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Background: It was aimed to retrospectively examine the data of patients who underwent catheter thoracostomy determine their demographic and clinical characteristics evaluate effectiveness procedure.Materials Methods: We evaluated 613 procedures performed at Health Practice Research Center between January 1, 2013 December 31, 2017.Results: Five hundred sixty-seven (92.5%) were unilateral 46 (7.5%) bilateral thoracostomy. Three seventy-seven (61.5%) on male 236 (38.5%) female patients. The mean age 68 ± 16 (13-105 years old). operation indications 202 (33%) thoracic malignancies, 98 (16%) extrathoracic benign pathologies in 313 (51%) patients.Conclusions: Catheter procedure is being used more every day treatment pleural effusions due patient comfort, ease application low cost.Key Words: Effusion, thoracostomy, Pleura

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عنوان ژورنال: Harran Üniversitesi týp fakültesi dergisi

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1304-9623', '1309-4025']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35440/hutfd.885671