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Medical Thoracoscopy in Malignant Pleural Effusion. [PDF]

Cureus
Introduction: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common complication of advanced malignancies, often resulting in significant morbidity and impaired quality of life. In most cases, pleural fluid cytology remains negative. In the era of targeted cancer
Rath AK, Pothal S, Bharadwaj P.
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Indwelling pleural catheters and medical thoracoscopy. [PDF]

Breathe (Sheff)
This narrative review explores the complementary roles of indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) and medical thoracoscopy (MT) in the evaluation and management of unexplained exudative pleural effusions, including malignant pleural effusion.
Luzzi V, Lindahl AL, Tomassetti S.
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Advanced Medical Thoracoscopy

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015
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G.F. Tassi, G.P. Marchetti, P.L. Aliprandi   +2 more
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Intrapleural streptokinase with pigtail catheter drainage versus medical thoracoscopy in complicated parapneumonic effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2023
Context Parapneumonic effusion and empyema are commonly encountered by the pulmonologist. The decision regarding management is still challenging.
Mervat A Abou Ismail, Ahmed Y Gad, Hatem A Elmallawany, Hany H Moussa   +3 more
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Therapeutic Medical Thoracoscopy

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015
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P.A. Mori, A.G. Casalini
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Medical thoracoscopy [PDF]

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2014
The burden of pleural diseases continues to rise and affects an increasingly complex and aging patient population. As such, thoracentesis is one of the most common procedures performed by respiratory physicians, as pleural fluid analysis can establish the diagnosis of pleural effusions in approximately 75% of the cases. When a diagnosis is not reached,
Kim Hoong Yap, Martin J. Phillips, Gary Lee   +2 more
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Direct Tumour Seeding Following Medical Thoracoscopy in EGFR-Mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
This case demonstrates the risk of tumour seeding after medical thoracoscopy for EGFR‐mutated lung adenocarcinoma. Clinicians should balance the diagnostic benefits against potential complications, closely monitor intervention sites, and consider early ...
Iwasaki K, Okazaki A, Matsuda Y.
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Non-Specific Pleuritis After Medical Thoracoscopy: The Portrait of an Open Issue and Practical Hints for Its Management [PDF]

Biomedicines
Background/Objectives: Up to one third of pleural biopsies performed during medical thoracoscopy (MT) are labelled as non-specific pleuritis (NSP). The histological diagnosis of NSP has long been worrisome for pulmonologists, with the potential to evolve
Daverio M, Tinè M, Semenzato U, Prevedello R, Dalla Libera M, Cocconcelli E, Balestro E, Damin M, Spagnolo P, Biondini D.   +9 more
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Peri-procedural cardiac arrest at medical thoracoscopy in a patient with pleural mesothelioma causing resultant heart failure and an intractable pleural effusion. [PDF]

Breathe (Sheff)
Shareable abstract Tension hydrothoraces can cause significant morbidity and even mortality. The resultant heart failure caused the development of an intractable effusion and hyponatraemia which led to the patient's death.
Hood G, Lakey S, Turnbull E, Aujayeb A.
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Medical thoracoscopy combined with intrapleural injection of urokinase for treatment of pleural infection-a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled study: study protocol. [PDF]

Respir Res
Pleural diseases is a common respiratory disorder, mainly characterized as pleural effusion and patients with pleural effusion caused by pneumonia and empyema constituted 29% of the cohort, which suggests pleural infection as the predominant etiology of ...
Wang K, Yang L, Tian P, Tan F, Liu D, Li W.   +5 more
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