Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2002 Diagnostic thoracoscopy in patients with pleural effusion of unclear origin mostly provides the correct diagnosis. Results from published reports of previous researches are not uniform.
Plavec Goran +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.
Xiao-juan Wang +2 more
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Medical thoracoscopy without pleural fluid: How I do it
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2021 Thoracoscopy is commonly used minimally invasive procedure in the field of interventional pulmonology. While medical thoracoscopy is the widely preferred modality, modifications to the technique and expansion in the scope of its utility have always ...
Mario Tamburrini +8 more
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Medical thoracoscopy treatment for pleural infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021 Background Complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema represent advanced stages of pleural infections and are characterized by a high mortality. Medical thoracoscopy is a safe and minimally invasive endoscopic technique prescribed to treat severe ...
Michele Mondoni +7 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Background: Post-operative pain management for patients undergoing thoracoscopy surgery is challenging for clinicians which increase both health and economic burden.
Yishan Lei +7 more
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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 [PDF]
BMC SurgeryIntroduction 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 +6 more
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A Rare Tumor in a Septuagenarian Female 16 Years After Radical Mastectomy for Breast Carcinoma. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Pleuropulmonary spindle cell carcinoma (SpCC) is a very rare tumor that belongs to a subgroup of sarcomatoid carcinomas of non‐small cell carcinomas of the lung. Breast carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies associated with metachronous second primary cancers.
Rahimirad M +4 more
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Efficacy of medical thoracoscopy combined with fibrinolytic therapy in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary MedicineObjective This study aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy, safety, and feasibility of medical thoracoscopy combined with fibrinolytic therapy for the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema, with a focus on therapeutic outcomes ...
Feng-Fu Zhan +8 more
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Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2021 Semirigid thoracoscopy is increasingly becoming the procedure of choice for evaluation of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions. Few studies have reported relationship of thoracoscopic appearances of pleural abnormalities and etiological diagnoses.
Seemant Saini +2 more
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Beyond diagnosis: maximizing the role of medical thoracoscopy in pleural disease treatment [PDF]
Respiratory ResearchMedical thoracoscopy has been extensively utilized in the diagnosis of pleural disease, yet its potential therapeutic applications remain underutilized.
Kaige Wang +4 more
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