Current data from our thoracoscopy service in SGH (Jan 2004 to June 2007), shows that our pleurodesis success rate is 78.2%. However, complete success was achieved in 38.1%.7 This data is in keeping with the reported literature and the failures/incomplete successes are attributed to lung entrapment.3 Our data for hospital length of stay is 9.0 ± 4.0 (range 4 to 21) days.