Indwelling pleural catheters: complications and management strategies
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Complications of removal of indwelling pleural catheters.
We read with interest the article published by Fysh et al 1 in CHEST (April 2012) describing a high incidence (10%) of fractured, indwelling, pleural catheters (IPCs) and would like to comment on the much lower incidence of this complication as it is reported in the literature and in our experience with IPCs. Our review of seven publications on the subject, including a systemic review by Van Me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thoracic Disease
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2072-1439,2077-6624
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.160