Research Article
Feasibility and Safety of Pleuroscopic Cryobiopsy of the Pleura: A Prospective Study
Table 2
Characteristics of the pleural effusion.
| | Characteristics | Medical pleuroscopy patients (n = 92) |
| | Etiology for pleural effusion | | | Malignancy | 69 (75) | | Lung adenocarcinoma | 47 (51.1) | | Lung large cell carcinoma | 1 (1) | | Lung squamous cell carcinoma | 2 (2.2) | | Lymphoma | 3 (3.3) | | Mesothelioma | 2 (2.2) | | Nasopharyngeal cancer | 2 (2.2) | | Breast cancer | 2 (2.2) | | Thyroid cancer | 2 (2.2) | | Colon cancer | 2 (2.2) | | Sarcomatoid carcinoma | 1 (1) | | Cholangiocarcinoma | 1 (1) | | Cervix cancer | 1 (1) | | Urothelial carcinoma | 1 (1) | | Gastric cancer | 1 (1) | | Angiosarcoma | 1 (1) | | Benign | 23 (25) | | TB | 8 (8.7) | | Autoimmune related | 2 (2.2) | | Chronic pleuritic | 13 (14.1) | | Drainage amount (ml) | 1059 ± 757 | | Duration of procedure (minutes) | 34.2 ± 8.6 | | Duration of subsequent chest drainage (days) | 2.6 ± 2.4 | | Length of stay after procedure (days) | 2.4 ± 2.6 | | 30 days mortality | 0 |
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