Table 2. Results of talc pleurodesis.

Variable	TTP under general anesthesia (n=11)	TSP via a chest tube under local anesthesia (n=6)	P value
Drainage period after pleurodesis (days)
Median [range]	6 [2–11]	12 [8–45]	0.005
Length of hospital stay (days)
Median [range]	23 [14–46]	37.5 [20–60]	0.154
Complications: total (%)	1 (9.1)	4 (66.7)	0.028
Atrial fibrillation	1 (9.1)	0	1.000
Chest pain	0	2 (33.3)	0.110
Bronchial asthma attack	0	1 (16.7)	0.353
Pneumonia	0	1 (16.7)	0.353
Mortality	0	1 (16.7)	0.353

TTP, thoracoscopic talc poudrage; TSP, talc slurry pleurodesis.