title: Recurrent pleural effusion in yellow nail syndrome successfully treated with video-assisted thoracic surgery: comparison of two surgical strategies in two cases.
abstract: Pleural effusions as part of the yellow nail syndrome (YNS) can often be recurrent, requiring multiple thoracocentesis. The optimal surgical treatment of such recurrent effusions remains unclear and various methods including thoracoscopic pleurodesis, pleuroperitioneal shunts and pleurectomy have been described. We report two cases of recurrent pleural effusions in YNS, the first case with bilateral effusions and the second with right-sided effusions treated 2 months apart from bilateral long-term tunnelled catheters and thoracoscopic pleurectomy and compare the results of the two treatment strategies.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, 6th Floor, Borough Wing, Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK.
authors: Damian
authors: D
authors: Balmforth
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Bille
authors: Lawrence
authors: L
authors: Okiror
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Harrsion-Phipps
authors: Tom
authors: T
authors: Routledge
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D018700:Pleurodesis / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D056684:Yellow Nail Syndrome