If drainage is indicated, the patient will do as many times as necessary for to be cured. There is not an exact limit for draining a pleural effusion. However, in recurring cases of pleural ...

or pleural effusion, is a condition in which the pleura, two large, thin layers of tissue that separate your lungs from your chest wall becomes inflamed. Not all patients will need drainage and ...

Percutaneous catheter drainage was used for patients with hemodynamic instability that precluded subxiphoid pericardiostomy. Effusions were malignant in 75 (64%) of 117 patients and benign in 42 ...