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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 7 Pleural Adherence Score by chest ultrasound 24 h after pleurodesis in the four study groups

From: Transthoracic sonographic scores in evaluating the success of different scelerosing modalities in patients with malignant pleural effusion

Pleural Adherence Score

Spontaneous

Tetracycline solution

Tetracycline powder

Iodopovidone

P value

(n= 25)

(n= 25)

(n= 25)

(n= 25)

Mean ± SD

9.40 ± 3.66

10.56 ± 3.70

9.72 ± 3.85

12.64 ± 2.98

0.008*

Range

3.0−15.0

3.0−15.0

3.0−15.0

7.0−16.0

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