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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, Mohamed Fahmy Elsamadony, Mousa Mohamed El-Shamly, Wael Refaat Hablas   +3 more
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Role of transthoracic ultrasonography in evaluation of pleural thickening observed during medical thoracoscopy

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020
Background and objective Ultrasound can evaluate pleural thickening; however, medical thoracoscopy permits direct inspection of the pleura, and biopsies are taken under direct vision.
Sabah A.M Hussein, Khaled M Kamel, Reem I.M Elkorashy, Hassan G Abdelnasser, Saly M Elboghdady   +4 more
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Advanced techniques in medical thoracoscopy [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2006
For expert pulmonologists, advanced procedures in medical thoracoscopy are the nonroutine and more complex applications of the method. The main current indications are the treatment of infected pleural space, forceps lung biopsy and sympathectomy.In parapneumonic effusions and empyema, medical thoracoscopy is as a drainage procedure, intermediate ...
Tassi, Gf, Davies, R., Noppen, Marc
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The effect of one‐lung ventilation on sentinel lymph node mapping in dog lungs

Veterinary Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To determine the sentinel lymph node (SLN) for the caudal lung lobe using indocyanine green (ICG) and near infra‐red fluorescence (NIRF) in normal dogs. The secondary objective was to determine the effect of one lung ventilation (OLV) on time to SLN detection. Study design Prospective, randomized experimental study.
Sarah J. Marvel, Nontalie Kaschark, Pedro Boscan, Eric Monnet   +3 more
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New challenge in double-bore medical thoracoscopy in Fayoum University Hospital

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Background Thoracoscopy is an invasive technique. When other, less intrusive techniques are ineffective at providing a diagnosis in the case of pleural exudates, thoracoscopy should be employed. The diagnostic and therapeutic thoracoscopy methods used by
Mona I Ahmed, Radwa A El Hefny, Enas S Farhat   +2 more
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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: One year prospective study

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: Differential diagnosis of pleural disease is often a lengthy process fraught with pitfalls. Contrary to thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy, thoracoscopy permits biopsy with direct visualization.
Sabah A. Mohamed, Marwa M. Shaban
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Cytomegalovirus in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid: A Predictor of Outcome in Immunocompromised Patients

Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 98, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a prevalent herpesvirus that remains typically asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals but can cause severe, potentially life‐threatening disease in immunocompromised patients. This study assessed the impact of CMV‐associated lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR ...
Theodora Zouvani, Meropi Karakioulaki, Kathleen Jahn, Sebastian Fähndrich, Björn C. Frye, Leticia Grize, Eleni Papakonstantinou, Hartmut Hengel, Karoline Leuzinger, Hans H. Hirsch, Daiana Stolz   +10 more
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Safety and Complications of Medical Thoracoscopy [PDF]

Advances in Medicine, 2016
Objectives.To highlight the possible complications of medical thoracoscopy (MT) and how to avoid them.Methods.A retrospective and prospective analysis of 127 patients undergoing MT in Nagoya Medical Center (NMC) and Toyota Kosei Hospital. The data about complications was obtained from the patients, notes on the computer system, and radiographs.Results ...
Shimaa Nour Moursi Ahmed, Hideo Sasaki, Hamdy Mohammadien, Ola Alkady, Masahide Oki, Yoshimasa Tanikawa, Rie Tsuboi, Masahiro Aoyama, Keiji Sugiyama   +8 more
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Dark Streaks and Yellow Exudates: Pleuroscopic Clues in Recurrent Post‐Traumatic Pleural Effusion

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2026.
We report the case of a 44‐year‐old male presenting 2 years after a road traffic accident, requiring emergency splenectomy, left diaphragmatic repair and tube thoracostomy, with a recurrent left‐sided hemorrhagic, exudative, lymphocytic pleural effusion.
Ali Gohar, Hafiz Muhammad Faisal Nadeem, Rabbia Abbas, Romaisa Qamar, Abida Bashir, Muhammad Husnain Ahmad   +5 more
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Relationship Between Hospital Volume and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: Analysis of the National Clinical Database in Japan

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 5, Page 1518-1526, September 2026.
According to multivariable analysis conducted using a hierarchical logistic regression model, using VHH as the reference group, the odds ratios for mortality by hospital volume category were as follows: VLH, 2.70 (p < 0.0001); LH, 1.72 (p = 0.052); MH, 1.70 (p = 0.034); and HH, 1.43 (p = 0.173).
Soji Ozawa, Hiraku Kumamaru, Yuko Kitagawa, Kazuo Koyanagi, Junya Oguma, Harushi Udagawa, Hiroaki Miyata, Yasushi Toh, Hisahiro Matsubara   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source