Journal article
Thoracoscopy and talc poudrage compared with intercostal drainage and talc slurry infusion to manage malignant pleural effusion: The TAPPS RCT
- Abstract:
-
Background:
There are around 40,000 new cases of malignant pleural effusion in the UK each year. Insertion of talc slurry via a chest tube is the current standard treatment in the UK. However, some centres prefer local anaesthetic thoracoscopy and talc poudrage. There is no consensus as to which approach is most effective.
Objective:
Expand abstract
This trial tested the hypothesis that thoracoscopy and talc poudrage increases the proportion of p...
- Publication status:
- Published
Actions
Access Document
- Files:
-
-
(Preview, Version of record, 9.0MB, Terms of use)
-
- Publisher copy:
- 10.3310/hta24260
Authors
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health Research
- Journal:
- Health Technology Assessment More from this journal
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 26
- Pages:
- 1-90
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2020-06-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-04-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
-
2046-4924
- ISSN:
-
1366-5278
- Pmid:
-
32525474
- Language:
-
English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
-
1113058
- Local pid:
-
pubs:1113058
- Deposit date:
-
2020-11-13
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2020. This work was produced by Bhatnagar et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from the NIHR Journals Library at: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24260
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record