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Ultrasound-guided multilevel paravertebral block versus local anesthesia for medical thoracoscopy

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2017
Background: Local anesthetic infiltration for medical thoracoscopy has an analgesic properties for short duration. Single injection thoracic paravertebral block (PVB) provides limited analgesia.
Maha A Abo-Zeid, Mohammad M Elgamal, Asem A Hewidy, Amro A Moawad, Alaa Eldin Adel Elmaddawy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The value of routine chest radiographs after minimally invasive cardiac surgery: an observational cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Chest radiographs (CXRs) are obtained frequently in postoperative cardiac surgery patients. The diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of routine CXRs is known to be low and the discussion regarding the safety of abandoning these CXRs after ...
Bastiaan M Gerritse, Homme A J Dijkstra, Martijn Tolsma, Mohamed Bentala, Nardo J M van der Meer, Paul G H Mulder, Peter M J Rosseel   +6 more
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Sensitization Patterns to Cyanoacrylate‐Based Surgical Glues

Contact Dermatitis, EarlyView.
Surgical glues are increasingly used posing risks of allergic contact dermatitis caused by cyanoacrylate monomers. Ethyl cyanoacrylate (ECA) and surgical glues « as is » testing has proven to be a good tool for Patch test in sensitised patients. ABSTRACT Background Surgical glues are increasingly used, offering advantages like reduced scarring and ...
Lucrezia Bianchetti, Anna Walker, Ophelie Marchal, Laura Bruschi, Héloïse Wüthrich, An Goossens, Ella Dendooven, Olivier Aerts, Curdin Conrad, Michel Gilliet, Teofila Seremet   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Video-thoracoscopic pericardial drainage in the treatment of pericardial effusions [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVES: To assess efficacy and safety of videothoracoscopic pericardial drainage in the treatment and diagnostic of pericardial effusion through 26 cases review.
Branco, João Nelson Rodrigues, Buffolo, Enio, Fonseca, José Honório de Almeida Palma da, Gaia, Diego Felipe, Guilhen, José Cícero Stocco   +4 more
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Carcinoma of Esophagus

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carcinoma of esophagus is one of the most common cancer worldwide, but its epidemiology is changing. Squamous cell carcinoma is declining in the East, but adenocarcinoma is rising in the West, probably related to the pandemic of obesity and changing lifestyle.
Joseph Sung, Dongxin Lin, Rebecca Fitzgerald, Prateek Sharma, Simon Law, David Ilson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative study between ultrasound-guided closed pleural biopsy and thoracoscopic pleural biopsy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Pleural biopsies are often required to establish a diagnosis in exudative pleural effusions, which remain undiagnosed after initial pleural fluid analysis.
Sreyas Sharma, Nitesh Gupta, Pranav Ish, Rajnish Kaushik, Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Tanmaya Talukdar, Rohit Kumar   +6 more
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Transpleural lung biopsy by the thorascopic route in patients with diffuse interstitial pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 1982
Contains fulltext : 4341.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open ...
Bakker, W., Broek, P.J. van den, Dijkman, J.H., Meer, J.W.M. van der, Wever, A.M.J.   +4 more
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Management of Septated Malignant Pleural Effusions [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose of Review: We review recent studies of patients with septated malignant pleural effusions, to understand what the clinical implications for patients are and what evidence-based methods should be used to manage these effusions.
AR Medford, CL Chung, CW Davies, E Okur, E Rivera-Flores, ET Fysh, HE Davies, LH Hsu, ME Roberts, MR Vial, N Taghizadeh, NA Maskell, NA Maskell, O Saydam, R Thomas, RC Gilkeson, S Bielsa   +16 more
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Exploring Benefits of Non‐Intubated Surgery for Lung Biopsy in Interstitial Lung Disease

Respirology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives General anaesthesia with intubation is the standard technique for video‐assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). However, non‐intubated VATS (NIVATS) is emerging as a less invasive alternative, particularly for lung biopsies in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and impaired respiratory function.
Aude Nguyen, Timothée Jouitteau, Arnaud Bourdin, Anne‐Sophie Gamez, Laurence Solovei, José Molina, Kheira Hireche   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minithoracoscopy: A Complementary Technique for Medical Thoracoscopy [PDF]

Respiration, 2011
Minithoracoscopy, currently defined as thoracoscopy with instruments of a diameter between 2 and 5 mm, is part of the general evolution of endoscopy towards mini-invasiveness. Its most relevant indications in the field of medical thoracoscopy are small effusions, pleural effusions in patients with narrow intercostal spaces and suspected tuberculous ...
Gian Franco Tassi, Valentina Pinelli, Gian Pietro Marchetti   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources