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Rapid on-site evaluation of touch imprints of medical thoracoscopy biopsy tissue for the management of pleural disease. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne), 2023
Background and objective Medical thoracoscopy (MT) plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of pleural diseases, and rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) has long been used for transbronchial needle aspiration or fine-needle aspiration to ...
Wang H, Liu Y, Wang J, Ren T, Luo G, You H, Wang X, Li D, Wang L, Wang M.   +9 more
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Medical thoracoscopy [PDF]

Current Respiratory Care Reports, 2013
Medical thoracoscopy is an important technique for assessment of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion. It is also important in the management of pleural disease, benign or malignant. Standard equipment available from several manufacturers enables the procedure to be performed through a single port of entry, frequently under conscious sedation.
Cyrus Daneshvar, David Breen
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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, Syed Zulkharnain Tousheed, Bangalore Venkatraman MuraliMohan, Muhammed Zuhaib, Deepika Manivannan, B R Harish, Poojaramuddanahally Hanumantharayappa Manjunath, Kedar R Hibare, Hemanth Kumar, Chandrasekar Sagar, Vellaichamy Muthupandi Annapandian   +10 more
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Diagnostic value and safety of medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions-a prospective observational cohort study. [PDF]

J Thorac Dis
Background With the need for “actionable histology” in the current era of targeted cancer treatment, and the increasing practice of upfront thoracoscopy (without a prior diagnostic thoracentesis) or a “biopsy first” approach in suspected malignant ...
Goh KJ, Leong CK, Young SL, Chua BLW, Wong JJY, Phua IGCS, Lim WT, Anantham D, Tan QL.   +8 more
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Medical thoracoscopy treatment for pleural infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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, Laura Saderi, Federica Trogu, Silvia Terraneo, Paolo Carlucci, Filippo Ghelma, Stefano Centanni, Giovanni Sotgiu   +7 more
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Medical thoracoscopy: effective, cheap and safe for empyema. [PDF]

J Thorac Dis, 2023
J Thorac Dis 2023;15(2):940-941 | https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-22-1519 I read with interest the article “Empyema after image-guided percutaneous intercostal drainage of subdiaphragmatic collection: a case series” by Zwicky et al. (1).
Govindasaami V.
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NCCP-ICS joint consensus-based clinical practice guidelines on medical thoracoscopy. [PDF]

Lung India
Medical Thoracoscopy (MT) is commonly performed by respiratory physicians for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes. The aim of the study was to provide evidence-based information regarding all aspects of MT, both as a diagnostic tool and ...
Chawla RK, Kumar M, Madan A, Dhar R, Gupta R, Gothi D, Desai U, Goel M, Swarankar R, Nene A, Munje R, Chaudhary D, Guleria R, Hadda V, Nangia V, Sindhwani G, Chawla R, Dutt N, Yuvarajan, Dalal S, Gaur SN, Katiyar S, Samaria JK, Gupta KB, Koul PA, Suryakant, Christopher DJ, Roy D, Hazarika B, Luhadia SK, Jaiswal A, Madan K, Gupta PP, Prashad BNBM, Yusuf N, James P, Dhamija A, Tomar V, Parakh U, Khan A, Garg R, Singh S, Joshi V, Sarangdhar N, Chaudhary SR, Nayar S, Patel A, Gupta M, Dixit RK, Jain S, Gogia P, Agarwal M, Katiyar S, Chawla A, Gonuguntala HK, Dosi R, Chinnamchetty V, Jindal A, Sharma S, Chachra V, Samaria U, Nair A, Mohan S, Maitra G, Sinha A, Kochar R, Yadav A, Choudhary G, Arunachalam M, Rangarajan A, Sanjan G.   +70 more
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Beyond diagnosis: a narrative review of the evolving therapeutic role of medical thoracoscopy in the management of pleural diseases. [PDF]

J Thorac Dis
Background and Objective Medical thoracoscopy (MT) is an endoscopic technique performed by interventional pulmonologists with a favorable safety profile and few contraindications, providing diagnostic and therapeutic intervention in a single sitting ...
Fantin A, Castaldo N, Palou MS, Viterale G, Crisafulli E, Sartori G, Patrucco F, Vailati P, Morana G, Mei F, Zuccatosta L, Patruno V.   +11 more
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Unveiling a rare haemorrhagic malignant pleural effusion: The role of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosing primary pleural angiosarcoma. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
Primary pleural angiosarcoma (PPA) is a rare and challenging tumour to diagnose, often mistaken for other malignancies such as mesothelioma and lung cancer due to overlapping clinical and imaging features. We report a 52‐year‐old woman who presented with
Chong AR, Ng KL, Huan NC, Mohd Aminudin NH, Ahmad Sharifuddin M, Raja Rahaizat RNA, Mohamed Nordin K.   +6 more
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Diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy in malignant pleural effusion [PDF]

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017
Background Medical thoracoscopy has been shown to be an efficacious procedure in diagnosing unexplained exudative pleural effusions with excellent safety.
Yan-Bing Wu, Li-Li Xu, Xiao-Juan Wang, Zhen Wang, Jun Zhang, Zhao-Hui Tong, Huan-Zhong Shi   +6 more
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