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Table 9 Outcome among studied patients

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

 

N= 100 (no., %)

Complications

 

 None

81 (81.0%)

 Fever

5 (5.0%)

 Pain

13 (13.0%)

 Anaphylaxis

1 (1.0%)

Outcome

(N= 88)

 Successful pleurodesis

46 (52.3%)

 Recurrent effusion

42 (47.7%)

  1. ≠Some patients had more than one complication