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Awake versus intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pleural disease: a retrospective cohort study from a single tertiary center [PDF]

Frontiers in Surgery
IntroductionAwake video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (A-VATS) has gained increasing attention as an alternative to classical intubated VATS (I-VATS), particularly in patients with comorbidities that have increased the risk of surgery under general ...
Omer Faruk Saglam, Burcu Kilic, Merve Ekinci Fidan, Nevzat Cem Sayilgan, H. Volkan Kara, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak, Ezel Ersen   +7 more
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Frailty Prevalence and Association with Clinical Outcomes in Interstitial Lung Disease, Asthma, and Pleural Disease [PDF]

Geriatrics, 2023
Background: Frailty is a syndrome characterised by increased vulnerability to negative outcomes. Interstitial lung disease (ILD), asthma, and pleural disease are leading causes of morbidity and mortality. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and impact
Alessia Verduri, Ben Carter, Ceara Rice, James Laraman, Eleanor Barton, Enrico Clini, Nick A. Maskell, Jonathan Hewitt   +7 more
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The effectiveness of small-bore intercostal catheters versus large-bore chest tubes in the management of pleural disease with the systematic review of literature [PDF]

Lung India, 2020
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of small-bore intercostal catheters (SB ICCs; 10–14 Fr) to large-bore intercostal tubes (LB ICTs; >20 Fr) in the management of pleural diseases.
Sumit Mehra, Subash Heraganahally, Dimitar Sajkov, Sharon Morton, Jeffrey Bowden   +4 more
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Diagnosis of malignant pleural disease: Ultrasound as "a detective probe". [PDF]

Thorac Cancer, 2023
Messina G, Bove M, Natale G, Di Filippo V, Opromolla G, Rainone A, Leonardi B, Martone M, Fiorelli A, Vicidomini G, Santini M, Ronchi A, Massimilla E, Della Corte CM, Pirozzi M, Caterino M, Ciardiello F, Fasano M.   +17 more
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IgG4‐related pleural disease diagnosed by thoracoscopic pleural biopsy: A case report [PDF]

Respirology Case Reports
Here we report a rare case of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)–related pleural disease diagnosed using a thoracoscopic pleural biopsy. A 66‐year‐old man was admitted to our hospital with right‐dominant bilateral pleural effusions and gradually worsening dyspnoea.
Azusa Miyoshi, Hideki Katsura, Tomohiro Akaba, Mitsuko Kondo, Etsuko Tagaya   +4 more
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Multidisciplinary approach to connective tissue disease (CTD) related pleural effusions: a four-year retrospective evaluation [PDF]

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019
Background CTD-related pleural effusions are rare and challenging to diagnose. Our lung inflammation service (with expertise in rheumatology, interstitial lung disease and respiratory failure) works closely with the pleural team.
Hugh Ip, Parthipan Sivakumar, Eugene Ace McDermott, Sangita Agarwal, Boris Lams, Alex West, Liju Ahmed   +6 more
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Staging by Thoracoscopy in potentially radically treatable Lung Cancer associated with Minimal Pleural Effusion (STRATIFY): protocol of a prospective, multicentre, observational study

BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2023
Introduction Recurrence rate following radical therapy for lung cancer remains high, potentially reflecting occult metastatic disease, and better staging tools are required.
Selina Tsim, Kevin G Blyth, Najib M Rahman, Matthew Evison, John Corcoran, Nick Maskell, Elspeth Banks, Jenny Ferguson, Seamus Grundy, Caroline Kelly, Laura Alexander, Shumaila Shad, Mark Neilly, Matthew Tate, Baryab Zahra, Merna Saleh, Gordon Cowell, Nicola Downer, Andrew Stanton   +18 more
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Clinical utility of pleural effusion supernatant cell-free DNA genotyping in previously treated patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer and disease progression: a multicenter retrospective study. [PDF]

ESMO Open
Chang SC, Huang CY, Lai YC, Hsieh MS, Ho CC, Yang CY, Shih JY, Wu SG, Hu PW, Hsu CL, Chen CY, Liao WY.   +11 more
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Establishing a Multidisciplinary Team-Based Pleural Service in the Era of Financial Austerity: The Role of the Thoracic Surgeon

Medicina, 2023
Medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy has become, after bronchoscopy, the second most commonly utilized endoscopic procedure in interventional pulmonology. Due to their common origin, medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
Emmanouil I. Kapetanakis, Tatiana Sidiropoulou, Ioannis P. Tomos, Christos F. Kampolis, Thomas Raptakis, Periklis I. Tomos   +5 more
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Differentiation Between the Malignant Mesothelioma of Pleura and Pleural Metastasis with Contrast Enhanced CT, Is It Possible?

Siriraj Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To compare CT findings between malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and metastatic pleural disease (MPD). Materials and Methods: CT chest images of 157 cases of pathologically-proven malignant pleural disease (21 MPM, 136 MPD) were ...
Krittachat Butnian, Nisa Muangman, Kanyarat Totanarungroj, Suwimon Wonglaksanapimon   +3 more
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