Radionuclide evaluation of pleural-peritoneal shunt before pleurodesis.

Objectives: Talc pleurodesis can be offered to patients with hepatic hydrothorax. The authors wanted to determine their patient's eligibility for talc pleurodesis by excluding a pleural-peritoneal shunt.

Materials And Methods: The authors measured the size of the talc particles and matched them with the radionuclide particle size.