• A medical procedure that uses chemicals or drugs to cause inflammation and adhesion between the layers of the pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity). This prevents the buildup of fluid in the pleural cavity. It is used as a treatment for severe pleural effusion.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• A therapeutic surgical procedure in which the pleural space is surgically eliminated by the adherence of the visceral and parietal pleurae.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• The production of adhesions between the parietal and visceral pleura. The procedure is used in the treatment of bronchopleural fistulas, malignant pleural effusions, and pneumothorax and often involves instillation of chemicals or other agents into the pleural space causing, in effect, a pleuritis that seals the air leak. (From Fishman, Pulmonary Diseases, 2d ed, p2233 & Dorland, 27th ed)
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021