| Total number of patients with malignant effusion (stage IV bronchogenic carcinoma) |
74 |
| Patients with centrally-located masses with lung atelectasis |
17 |
| Patients who received streptokinase to achieve lung expansion |
9 |
| Patients who received streptokinase and achieved lung expansion |
6 |
| Patients who died due to metastases or myocardial infarction |
3 |
| Total number of patients with full lung expansion:
Males/ females
Mean age |
51
34/ 17
46 + 3.6 years |
| Patients who had pleurodesis and completed the follow up:
- Patients with bleomycin pleurodesis
- Patients with iodine pleurodesis |
51
26
25 |