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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 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, Hiroaki Kawachi, Tomoko Tajiri, Susumu Noguchi, Tatsuyoshi Ikeue, Takakazu Sugita   +5 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, Rasha Daabis, Alaa Abdallah, Amr Abdelkerim, Mervat A Ismail   +4 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, RAKESH BHARGAVA, MOHAMMAD SHAMEEM, NAFEES AHMAD KHAN, SADAF SULTANA   +4 more
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Medical thoracoscopy for exudative pleural effusion: an eight-year experience from a country with a young population

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, Wanis H. Ibrahim, Tasleem Raza, Kamran Mushtaq, Adeel Arshad, Mushtaq Ahmed, Salma Taha, Saber Al Sarafandi, Hanfa Karim, Hisham A. Abdul-sattar   +9 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, Keiichiro Suminaga, Hiroaki Kawachi, Susumu Noguchi, Tatsuyoshi Ikeue, Takakazu Sugita   +5 more
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Efficacy of uniportal video-assisted medical thoracoscopy in the management of multiloculated pleural infections: a retrospective study

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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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in cases of undiagnosed pleural effusion in Kobri El-Kobba Military Hospital

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, Gehan M. El-Assal, Ayman A. Farghally, Marwa M. Abd El Rady   +3 more
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Diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy in malignant pleural effusion

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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Role of Single Port Rigid Thoracoscopy in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Background In recent years, medical thoracoscopy has been well established to play an important role in undiagnosed pleural effusion; however, this procedure is underutilized due to limited availability of the instruments it requires. This study analysed
Jagdish Rawat, Anil Kumar, Parul Mrigpuri, Dev Singh Jangpangi, Abhay Pratap Singh, Ritisha Bhatt   +5 more
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