Physician information – PleurX™ system
Help your patients manage symptoms from pleural effusions or malignant ascites
The PleurX™ drainage system helps your patients easily drain their fluid buildup from pleural effusions or malignant ascites at home or in a care facility. After the catheter is implanted—usually, as an outpatient procedure, patients can use active vacuum bottles to complete drainage in approximately five to 15 minutes. The PleurX system helps patients avoid visits to the hospital or clinic for repeated paracentesis or thoracentesis. Medicare and many private insurance companies commonly reimburse the cost.*
Why choose the PleurX system?
The system is proven through:
- Nearly 20 years of clinical use
- Publication in more than 30 peer-reviewed clinical journal articles
- Successful use by thoracic surgery, pulmonology, interventional pulmonology and interventional radiology specialists
It has achieved positive outcomes such as:
- Spontaneous pleurodesis in 46% of patients1
- Rapid symptom relief
- Low infection rates (less than 3%)1,2,3
- Fewer hospital visits for repeat paracentesis or thoracentesis
Expanded indications
The PleurX catheter system can also relieve recurrent pleural effusions in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients, providing comfort and relief of painful symptoms without repeated trips to the hospital.
The PleurX catheter can be used in place of a chest tube to deliver talc or bleomycin for chemical pleurodesis, giving you an additional treatment option.
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PleurX pleural catheter placement video
PleurX peritoneal catheter placement video
