A review of outcomes of indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) for malignant pleural effusions (MPE) at the Cambridge Pleural unit UK

T. Pulimood, S. Chatterji, E. Reid, P. Sivasothy (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Interventional pulmonology and pleural diseases
Session: Interventional pulmonology and pleural diseases
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3095
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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T. Pulimood, S. Chatterji, E. Reid, P. Sivasothy (Cambridge, United Kingdom). A review of outcomes of indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) for malignant pleural effusions (MPE) at the Cambridge Pleural unit UK. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 3095

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