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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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Thoracoscopic pleural cryobiopsy versus conventional forceps biopsy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion of unknown etiology

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2019
Background Rigid forceps is commonly used for pleural biopsies during medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusion, and recently, the use of cryoprobe for pleural biopsies was encouraged, as the procedure is effective and safe.
Randa S. E. Muhammad, Sabah A. M. Hussein, Mohammad F. Mohammad, Marwa M. Ahmed, Gehad A. Ali   +4 more
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Diagnostic utility of medical thoracoscopy in peripheral parenchymal pulmonary lesions

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015
Introduction: Visceral pleural biopsy and peripheral lung biopsy can be undertaken at the same time as parietal pleural biopsy during medical thoracoscopy, with or without coexistence of a pleural effusion with lung disease.
E. Hatata, A. Youssef, M. Zidan, B. El-Sabaa, H. Emam   +4 more
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Medical Thoracoscopy: A Useful Diagnostic Tool for Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion

, 2022
Rajendra Prasad, Abhijeet Singh, Abhishek Agarwal, Rajiv Garg, S K Verma, Nuzhat Husain   +5 more
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Role of Rigid Thoracoscopy in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion: A Prospective Study

Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2019
Background: Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive, safe, and cost-effective procedure that allows complete visualization of pleural space, enabling diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as pleural biopsy and talc insufflations.
A Manimaran, K Anbananthan, A Nadhiya, R Ponnar   +3 more
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Predictors of survival in non‐small cell lung cancer patients with pleural effusion undergoing thoracoscopy

Thoracic Cancer, 2019
Background Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) predicts advanced disease and poor prognosis, and is usually diagnosed by medical thoracoscopy. It remains unclear whether the various representations visualized on thoracoscopy are reliable prognostic factors.
Li‐Xu Xie, Xing‐Guang Wang, Wen‐Jie You, Xiao‐Bin Ma, Yong‐Gang Wang, Ting‐Ting Liu, Shu‐Juan Jiang   +6 more
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Transpleural lung biopsy by the thorascopic route in patients with diffuse interstitial pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 1982
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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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Transxiphoid hand-assisted videothoracoscopic surgery [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: We have performed transxiphoid hand-assisted videothoracoscopy since 1995 to allow manual palpation in bilateral lung metastasectomy. This approach was extended to other thoracoscopic procedures requiring a handport.
Ambrogi, V, Mineo, D, Mineo, T, Pompeo, E   +3 more
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Advances in Medical Thoracoscopy and Ingenuity Concerning Pleural Biopsy Techniques

, 2022
Shinji Sasada
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New Challenges in Medical Thoracoscopy [PDF]

Respiration, 2011
Thoracoscopy is currently the gold standard for the diagnosis and treatment of pleural diseases. Its diagnostic yield is 95% in patients with malignant pleural disease, with approximately 90% successful pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion and 95% for pneumothorax.
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