The PleurX® Pleural Catheters
PleurX® is the easy-to-use and effective choice for the home management of recurrent
pleural effusions, including malignant pleural effusions (MPE). Now patients can manage
fluid accumulation through smaller, more frequent drainages at home, with minimal physician intervention.
- Easy set up and use – simply "click and go"
- Reduced hospital length of stay
- Active vacuum drainage through a closed system
- Effective palliation of symptoms of pleural effusions
- Reduced overall cost versus talc pleurodesis1
- Spontaneous pleurodesis in up to 58% of patients in only 3 to 4 weeks2
- Improved quality of life with more time at home
- Minimized pain
- Efficacy for most trapped lung patients
PleurX® Recurrent Pleural Effusions Brochure
Compassionate home management of recurrent pleural effusions
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1 Putnam JB, Walsh GL, et al. Outpatient Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion
by a Chronic Indwelling Pleural Catheter. Ann Thorac Surg 2000; 69:369-375.
2 Musani AI, Haas AR, Seijo L, Wilby M, Sterman DH. Outpatient Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions with Small-Bore Tunneled Pleural Catheters. Respiration 2004 Nov-Dec ; 71 (6): 559-66.
2 Musani AI, Haas AR, Seijo L, Wilby M, Sterman DH. Outpatient Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions with Small-Bore Tunneled Pleural Catheters. Respiration 2004 Nov-Dec ; 71 (6): 559-66.
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