Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusion: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 08/01/2012
Puri V et al. – Using decision analysis, tunneled pleural catheter (TPC) is the preferred treatment for patients with malignant pleural effusion and limited survival; bedside pleurodesis (BP) is the most cost–effective treatment for patients with more prolonged expected survival.



