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Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: Pleural diseases commonly encountered are pleural effusion, pneumothorax, pleural wall thickening, and pleural mass. Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that allows diagnostic and therapeutic intervention.
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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 +7 more
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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 P. Breen
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Intrapleural urokinase directly under medical thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy
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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Diagnostic Yield of Medical Thoracoscopy in Undiagnosed Exudative Pleural EffusionA Tertiary Centre Experience from Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Introduction: Pleural effusions are one of the most common entities encountered by pulmonologists worldwide which have a very long list of causes. Initial workup of these patients begins with a chest X-ray and percutaneous or Ultrasound (USG) guided ...
MOHAMMAD ARIF +4 more
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Medical thoracoscopy versus image-guided pleural biopsy for diagnosing pleural diseases
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2018 Background The diagnostic role of medical thoracoscopy and image-guided pleural biopsy in patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion has increased over the last few years.
Emad Ibrahim +4 more
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Visceral pleural biopsy under medical thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma
Respirology Case Reports, 2020 Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive single‐port endoscopic technique that provides direct visualization of the pleural surface and allows for diagnostic procedures.
Satoshi Terashita +5 more
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017 Background With the exception of areas with high prevalence of tuberculosis, medical thoracoscopy is becoming the diagnostic modality of choice for exudative pleural effusions.
Merlin Thomas +9 more
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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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Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014 Background: Recurrent and persistent pleural exudates are common in clinical practice, and in a large number of patients, thoracocentesis and blind pleural biopsy procedures do not provide a definitive diagnosis.
Laila A. Helala +3 more
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