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Medical thoracoscopy- an experience

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2017
Background: Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure for diagnosing and treating pleural diseases especially undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion. It is cost effective and safe. The diagnostic yield in undiagnosed pleural effusion is excellent.Methods: This prospective observational study was done in Government Chest Disease hospital of
Naveed Nazir Shah, Nazia Mehfooz, Syed Suraya Farooq, Khurshid A. Dar, . Shumayl, . Tariq   +5 more
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Diagnostic Value of Thoracoscopy in Undiagnosed Cases of Exudative Pleural Effusion

Apollo Medicine
Background and Aims: Undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions were defined as pleural effusions in which an aetiological diagnosis could not be ascertained by initial pleural fluid analysis.
V. Vijaya Kumari, D.V. Pratapa Reddy, Raghumanda Sunil Kumar, C.H.R.N. Bhushana Rao, Siddavali Chagalamarri, Neha Tarannum   +5 more
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Ultrasound-assisted medical thoracoscopy

Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2015
Abstract Introduction Medical thoracoscopy is an important tool for the diagnosis and management of several pleural diseases. The presence of fibrous pleural adhesions may prevent medical thoracoscopy to access the pleural space properly, which may lower the diagnostic yield of the procedure and may also increase the ...
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Medical Thoracoscopy for the Management of Exudative Pleural Effusion: A Retrospective Study

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020
Ling Gong,1,2 Guichuan Huang,2 Yi Huang,2 Daishun Liu,2 Xiaoping Tang1 1The First Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of ...
Gong L, Huang G, Huang Y, Liu D, Tang X
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A retrospective cross-sectional study of therapeutic results of single port thoracoscopy in patients with lung collapse due to trauma: comparison of entirely recovered and re-thoracoscopy needed patients

BMC Surgery
Introduction Lung collapse can occur for various reasons, especially trauma. Single-port thoracoscopy is a treatment method that has not been discussed in detail.
Mojtaba Ahmadinejad, Hedieh Soltani, Mojtaba Foroohi, Nafiseh Yousefi Manesh, Hooravash Mohajerani, Izadmehr Ahmadinejad, Javad Zebarjadi Bagherpour   +6 more
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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy: five-year experience at a tertiary care center. [PDF]

Respir Res Clin Pract
Fernandes P, Abrantes T, António C, Correia J, Correia AL, Dias B, Reis A, Belo T.   +7 more
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A Review of Analgesic and Anaesthetic Approaches in Local Anaesthetic (Medical) Thoracoscopy. [PDF]

Pulm Ther
Sutanto J, DeFonseka D, Duysinx B, Pinelli V, Turnbull E, Aujayeb A.   +5 more
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The efficacy and safety of medical thoracoscopy compared with tube thoracostomy in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema: A retrospective single-center study. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore)
Liu Y, Wang Y, Liu X, Duan Z.
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Streptococcus pyogenes-Induced Necrotizing Pneumonia With Pleural Effusion in a Child: Role of Medical Thoracoscopy. [PDF]

Am J Case Rep
Zhu L, Zhang F, Huang T, Jin F, Wu H, Tao X, Wu L, Tang L.   +7 more
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Pleural Metastases From Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Diagnosed by Medical Thoracoscopy. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
Chong AR, Ng KL, Huan NC, Mohd Aminudin NH, Hassan F, Mohamed Nordin K.   +5 more
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