OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of treating malignant pleural effusion with cisplatine and vindesine by injection through thoracic tube intubation.
METHODS
60 cases with malignant pleural effusion, after drainage, vindesine 4 mg, cisplatine 40 mg/m(2) were injectred into pleural cavity in therapy
A 63-year-old woman complaining of a non-productive cough was referred to our hospital. A chest X-ray film and computed tomographic scan showed a large mass in the S9 region of the right lung, and many intrapulmonary nodules with thin-walled cavities. A transbronchial biopsy specimen revealed
Vindesine, a vinblastine derivative, was evaluated in 36 patients with malignant tumours of the buccal cavity previously untreated. Vindesine was used (1) pre-operatively, in short, weekly intravenous courses for 1 to 3 weeks and (2) prior to radiotherapy of inoperable tumours, in prolonged
Malignant melanoma is among the malignant tumors which still have the poorest prognosis. Thus, malignant melanoma of stage II and the more advanced stages. At present, chemotherapeutic combinations used as the first choice in Japan are two regimens of postoperative adjuvant therapy for stage II and
After a left pneumonectomy, thoracoscopic closure with fibrin glue was performed for a fistula on the bronchial stump and the postoperative state progressed favorably thereafter. In this paper, we report on this successful case.
METHODS
A 61 year-old male, who underwent a left pneumonectomy on
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