ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2017  |  Volume : 11  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 7-10

Doxycycline poudrage in pleurodesis of malignant pleural effusion: a novel modality for an old agent


1 Chest Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
2 Chest Department, Radiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Correspondence Address:
Tamer A Elhadidy
Chest Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35116
Egypt
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/1687-8426.199001

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Context Malignant pleural effusion is a common presentation of several malignancies. Chemical pleurodesis is important in its management, but no consensus exists on the optimal agent or methods of pleurodesis. Aim This work aimed to evaluate the outcome of oral doxycycline capsules in a poudrage form through a medical thoracoscope as a therapeutic approach for pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural effusion. Setting and design This study was a prospective quasiexperimental one. Patients and methods This prospective quasiexperimental study was conducted on 70 patients with metastatic pleural effusion. They underwent pleurodesis with thoracoscopic doxycycline poudrage. Results The success of doxycycline powder poudrage was complete in 75.7% of cases and partial in 10% of cases; however, failure was observed in 14.3%. Thus, total success rate was 85.7%. As regards complications, they were irrelevant; pain was the predominant feature in 81.4% of cases, fever in 11.4% of cases, and empyema in only 4.3% of cases. Conclusion Using oral doxycycline with thoracoscopic poudrage yielded a remarkable success rate and may alternate the need for talc powder with less complications and more safety.


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