The Efficacy and Safety of Different Sericin Doses for Pleurodesis.

Background: The aim of present study is to compare the effectiveness, side-effect potential of different doses of sericin pleurodesis.

Methods: Adult, male, 12-week-old, Wistar-albino rats (n=52), were randomly-divided into four-groups, referred to A, B, C and D. Sericin was administrated at different doses through left thoracotomy, with 15mg sericin to Group-A, 30mg to Group-B and 45mg to Group-C.

Does Sericin, as a Novel Pleurodesis Agent, Have Higher Effectiveness Compared to Talcum Powder, Doxycycline, and Silver Nitrate Pleurodesis?

Introduction: The usefulness of sericin as pleurodesis agent has previously been described. Present study aims to compare sericin pleurodesis regarding success, effectiveness, tolerability, and side-effects.

Methods: Adult, 12-week-old Wistar-albino rats (n=60), divided to five groups as sericin, talcum-powder, doxycycline, silver-nitrate and control.

Factors determining the complications in Nuss procedure.

Background: This study aims to share our experiences in complications developing in patients who underwent Nuss procedure and the management of these complications.

Methods: In the study, files of 59 patients (50 males, 9 females; mean age 17.6±5.

Long and wrong way: Unintended pericardial catheter insertion through stomach.

Complications of percutaneous pericardial catheter insertion for pericardial effusion are rare. We describe a rare complication of percutaneous pericardial catheter insertion that penetrated the stomach and diaphragm before getting into the pericardial sac in a patient with lymphoma. The misplaced catheter was extracted surgically and subxiphoid pericardial tube insertion with pleural pericardial window was performed.