thoracentesis with a catheter rather than a sharp needle. Various specially designed thoracentesis trays are available for introducing small catheters into the pleural space. Alternatively, newer ...

Unlike current approaches that require frequent outpatient drainage through an externalized catheter or prolonged hospitalization for invasive pleurodesis procedures, Pleural Dynamics' Automatic ...

Fetal pleural effusion is the abnormal build-up of fluid in the chest of an unborn baby, which can cause pressure on the lungs and heart. A pleuro-amniotic shunt is a tube inserted between the chest ...

IT is the unfortunate lot of some patients dying of metastatic cancer of the breast, lung, cervix and so forth to be plagued by severe dyspnea due to recurrent malignant pleural effusions. Many of ...

MUMBAI: Screen icon Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to a hospital here following complaints of breathlessness, on Wednesday underwent a successful pleural aspiration procedure, according to the actor's ...

Legendary Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar's family friend Faisal Farooqui took to the actor's official Twitter handle to update the fans about his health. He revealed that Kumar's pleural aspiration ...

Pleural Dynamics, Inc. today announced positive results from a prospective, multicenter study evaluating its Automatic Continuous Effusion Shunt (ACES) device for the management of symptomatic ...