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A Three-Year Experience of Medical Thoracoscopy at A Tertiary Care Center of Himalayan Region [PDF]

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure for diagnosing and treating pleural diseases. Despite its proven role in diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, it is infrequently used, which could be because of cost of equipment and ...
Rakhee Sodhi, Girish Sindhwani, Shirazi Nadia, Sanjeev Kumar, Varuna Jethani, Sushant Khanduri   +5 more
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OPTIMIZATION OF INDICATIONS FOR THORACOSCOPY IN CHEST TRAUMA

Наука и инновации в медицине, 2017
Background. The terms for application of video-assisted endosurgical interventions appear rather often in the surgery of chest trauma. There is a certain need for clear selection and differentiation of indications and contraindications for performing ...
EA A Korymasov, AS Benyan
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Endoscopic Camera Control by Head Movements for Thoracic Surgery [PDF]

, 2010
In current video-assisted thoracic surgery, the endoscopic camera is operated by an assistant of the surgeon, which has several disadvantages. This paper describes a system which enables the surgeon to control the endoscopic camera without the help of an
Bruin, Gart de, Franken, Michel, Mariani, Massimo A., Misra, Sarthak, Reilink, Rob, Stramigioli, Stefano   +5 more
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Role of imprint cytology in thoracic endoscopy suite

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2020
Background Fiberoptic bronchoscopy and medical thoracoscopy are basic interventional modalities for the diagnosis of a wide variety of pleuropulmonary diseases. In some cases, we need fast and accurate results for decision-making.
Mohammed Elsaid Hantera, Salwa Atef Ganna, Ayman Mohamed Elsaka, Walaa Mowafy El-Lawaty   +3 more
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Mesothelioma and thymic tumors: Treatment challenges in (outside) a network setting [PDF]

, 2019
The management of patients with mesothelioma and thymic malignancy requires continuous multidisciplinary expertise at any step of the disease. A dramatic improvement in our knowledge has occurred in the last few years, through the development of ...
Girard, N, Grassino, M, Imbimbo, M, Maury, J, Vitale, F   +4 more
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Thoracoscopic pleural cryobiopsy versus conventional forceps biopsy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion of unknown etiology

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2019
Background Rigid forceps is commonly used for pleural biopsies during medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusion, and recently, the use of cryoprobe for pleural biopsies was encouraged, as the procedure is effective and safe.
Randa S. E. Muhammad, Sabah A. M. Hussein, Mohammad F. Mohammad, Marwa M. Ahmed, Gehad A. Ali   +4 more
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Transxiphoid hand-assisted videothoracoscopic surgery [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: We have performed transxiphoid hand-assisted videothoracoscopy since 1995 to allow manual palpation in bilateral lung metastasectomy. This approach was extended to other thoracoscopic procedures requiring a handport.
Ambrogi, V, Mineo, D, Mineo, T, Pompeo, E   +3 more
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Diagnostic utility of medical thoracoscopy in peripheral parenchymal pulmonary lesions

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015
Introduction: Visceral pleural biopsy and peripheral lung biopsy can be undertaken at the same time as parietal pleural biopsy during medical thoracoscopy, with or without coexistence of a pleural effusion with lung disease.
E. Hatata, A. Youssef, M. Zidan, B. El-Sabaa, H. Emam   +4 more
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Role of Rigid Thoracoscopy in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion: A Prospective Study

Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2019
Background: Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive, safe, and cost-effective procedure that allows complete visualization of pleural space, enabling diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as pleural biopsy and talc insufflations.
A Manimaran, K Anbananthan, A Nadhiya, R Ponnar   +3 more
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Laparoscopic Assisted Fusion of the Lumbosacral Spine: A Biomechanical and Histologic Analysis of the Open Versus Laparoscopic Technique in an Animal Model [PDF]

, 1997
Study Design. An animal model for laparoscopic lumbosacral fusion. Objectives. To compare the biomechanical and histologic results of open to laparoscopic lumbosacral discectomy and fusion in an animal model. Background Data.
Cahn, Nguyen, Eck, Jason C., Lim, Tae Hong, McGrady, Linda M., Riley, Lee H., III, Toth, Jeffrey M., Yoshida, Hiryuki   +6 more
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