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- Title
A low-cost alternative to atomizer in talc pleurodesis.
- Authors
Jindal, Rohit; Mishra, Atul
- Abstract
There are two methods of administering sterilized talc - one in the slurry form which has the disadvantage of uneven and ineffective spread and the other being talc poudrage using an atomizer. This indigenous method was devised at the department of General Surgery, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India, in 2010 as an alternative to an atomizer for video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) talc pleurodesis, which is generally done in cases of recurrent pneumothorax, recurrent and malignant pleural effusion. In this innovation, a mucous extractor was used for the conversion of slurry talc to vaporized form by attaching one end of the extractor to CO2 insufflation, which was used for talc pleurodesis in a 24 yr old male† with a large right-sided pneumothorax following a ruptured apical bulla (Video).
- Subjects
TALC; PLEURODESIS; ATOMIZERS; MEDICAL device removal; CONSERVATIVE treatment
- Publication
Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2020, Vol 152, p251
- ISSN
0971-5916
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2301_19