pleurodesis
Sign in to savePleurodesis is a medical procedure in which part of the pleural space is artificially obliterated. It involves the adhesion of the visceral and the costal pleura. The mediastinal pleura is spared.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 105 inbound references to pleurodesis, and connects out to talc, povidone-iodine and respiratory tract.
It is catalogued under topics including Pulmonary thoracic surgery, Respiratory system surgery and Thoracic surgical procedures.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Medical intervention.Name
- Pleurodesis
- Medical intervention.Image
- Malignant pleural mesothelioma (video assisted thoracoscopic view) (cropped).png
- Medical intervention.Caption
- Malignant pleural mesothelioma managed by talc pleurodesis. Video assisted thoracoscopic view.
- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D018700
- Medical intervention.MedlinePlus
- 002956
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
3,689 papers- [Pleurodesis].Revista portuguesa de pneumologia · 2004
- Talc Pleurodesis: A Medical, Medicolegal, and Socioeconomic Review.The Annals of thoracic surgery · 2020
- Pleurodesis: indications and radiologic appearance.Japanese journal of radiology · 2015
- Pleurodesis: technique and indications.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2006
- Iodopovidone pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- medical procedure
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Pleurodesis
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Chemical
- Surgical
- References
- External links
Pleurodesis is a medical procedure in which part of the pleural space is artificially obliterated. It involves the adhesion of the visceral and the costal pleura. The mediastinal pleura is spared.
== Uses == Pleurodesis is performed to prevent recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax or pleural effusion, and can be done chemically or mechanically. It is generally avoided in patients with cystic fibrosis if possible, because lung transplantation becomes more difficult following this procedure. Previous pneumothorax with or without pleurodesis is not a contraindication to subsequent lung transplantation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pleurodesis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.