Talc pleurodesis: comparison of talc slurry instillation with thoracoscopic talc insufflation for malignant pleural effusions.

Abstract

Pleurodesis with instillation of talc slurry and with insufflation of talc during thoracoscopy were equally successful in patients with massive malignant pleural effusions. However, thoracoscopic pleurodesis is accompanied with considerably more complications, rather as a result of the thoracoscopy itself and not as a consequence of pleurodesis.