PMID- 27877066
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1179-1322 (Print)
IS  - 1179-1322 (Electronic)
IS  - 1179-1322 (Linking)
VI  - 8
DP  - 2016
TI  - Implantation of permanent pleural catheter for palliation of malignant pleural 
      effusion.
PG  - 129-133
AB  - PURPOSE: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a disabling condition caused in most 
      instances by far-advanced cancer. The treatment is palliative and should ideally 
      be minimally invasive. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the 
      effectiveness of implantation of a permanent PleurX catheter in the treatment of 
      recurrent MPE in patients with terminal cancer disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 
      Eighteen consecutive patients with terminal cancer and MPE, who had a permanent 
      PleurX catheter implanted in the period from February 2014 to August 2015, were 
      retrospectively evaluated. Medical records were reviewed for data on procedures 
      and patients. RESULTS: Twenty-two PleurX catheters were implanted in the pleural 
      cavity of 18 patients. The technical success rate was 100%. All patients had 
      relief of symptoms. Catheter patency was 91%. Six patients experienced minor 
      adverse events (AEs) and two patients experienced moderate-to-severe AEs. The 
      median survival time for the 14 patients who died during follow-up was 45 days. 
      CONCLUSION: Implantation of a permanent PleurX catheter is a safe procedure with 
      a high success rate and only few AEs. The procedure has the potential to serve as 
      an effective procedure for palliation of recurrent MPE in terminal cancer 
      patients.
FAU - Meier, Michelle
AU  - Meier M
AD  - Department of Surgical Gastroenterology.
FAU - Mortensen, Marie Riis
AU  - Mortensen MR
AD  - Department of Surgical Gastroenterology.
FAU - Larsen, Lene Unmack
AU  - Larsen LU
AD  - Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20161108
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - Cancer Manag Res
JT  - Cancer management and research
JID - 101512700
PMC - PMC5108504
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - malignant pleural effusion
OT  - permanent catheter
OT  - terminal cancer
COIS- The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
EDAT- 2016/11/24 06:00
MHDA- 2016/11/24 06:01
PMCR- 2016/11/08
CRDT- 2016/11/24 06:00
PHST- 2016/11/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/11/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/11/24 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/11/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - cmar-8-129 [pii]
AID - 10.2147/CMAR.S107747 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cancer Manag Res. 2016 Nov 8;8:129-133. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S107747. eCollection 
      2016.