Is there any role for medical thoracoscopy in the treatment of empyema in children? [PDF]
The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023 It is still controversial whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment approaches are most appropriate for empyema in children, and there are no data regarding the role of medical thoracoscopy in this population.
Lina Zuccatosta +9 more
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Application of ultrasound-guided medical thoracoscopy in patients with small amounts or without pleural effusion [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary MedicineBackground Pleural disease is a common clinical condition, and some patients present with a small amount of pleural effusion or no pleural effusion. It is difficult to diagnose such patients in clinical practice. Medical thoracoscopy is the gold standard
Linhui Yang +4 more
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Medical Thoracoscopy for the Management of Exudative Pleural Effusion: A Retrospective Study [PDF]
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020 Ling Gong,1,2 Guichuan Huang,2 Yi Huang,2 Daishun Liu,2 Xiaoping Tang1 1The First Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of ...
Gong L, Huang G, Huang Y, Liu D, Tang X
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Efficacy of uniportal video-assisted medical thoracoscopy in the management of multiloculated pleural infections: a retrospective study [PDF]
The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2020 Background Pleural infection is a serious medical issue for which the appropriate management is still controversial. Complicated (multiloculated) pleural infection usually requires invasive approach.
Amr Mounir Shoukri
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Intrapleural urokinase directly under medical thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2020 Medical thoracoscopy, also called “local anesthetic thoracoscopy” and “pleuroscopy,” is a minimally invasive single‐port endoscopic technique that provides direct visualization of the pleural surfaces and channels to conduct diagnostic and therapeutic ...
Satoshi Terashita +5 more
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Beyond diagnosis: maximizing the role of medical thoracoscopy in pleural disease treatment [PDF]
Respiratory ResearchMedical thoracoscopy has been extensively utilized in the diagnosis of pleural disease, yet its potential therapeutic applications remain underutilized.
Kaige Wang +4 more
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Role of medical thoracoscopy in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions
Lung India, 2021 Objective: The role of medical thoracoscopy in the treatment of pleural infections is increasingly being recognized. This study was done to assess the role of medical thoracoscopy in the management of carefully selected subset of patients with ...
Ramanjaneya Ranganatha +10 more
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Medical thoracoscopy without pleural fluid: How I do it
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2021 Thoracoscopy is commonly used minimally invasive procedure in the field of interventional pulmonology. While medical thoracoscopy is the widely preferred modality, modifications to the technique and expansion in the scope of its utility have always ...
Mario Tamburrini +8 more
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Medical thoracoscopy treatment for pleural infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021 Background Complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema represent advanced stages of pleural infections and are characterized by a high mortality. Medical thoracoscopy is a safe and minimally invasive endoscopic technique prescribed to treat severe ...
Michele Mondoni +7 more
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Safety and efficacy of medical thoracoscopy in the management of loculated thoracic empyema
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017 Background: Pleural empyema can be subdivided into 3 stages: exudative, multiloculated, and organizing. In the absence of clear septation, antibiotics plus simple drainage of pleural fluid is often sufficient treatment, whereas clear septation often ...
Ahmed Hassan Ali Abo-El-maged +3 more
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