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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Medical thoracoscopy without pleural fluid: How I do it [PDF]
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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OPTIMIZATION OF INDICATIONS FOR THORACOSCOPY IN CHEST TRAUMA [PDF]
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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Ultrasonic elastography-guided pleural biopsy followed by as-needed semi-rigid thoracoscopic pleural biopsy versus immediate semi-rigid thoracoscopic pleural biopsy for the diagnosis of pleural effusion (UPDATE-3): a protocol of randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Respiratory ResearchIntroduction Exudative pleural effusion of an unclear aetiology remains a diagnostic challenge. Ultrasonic elastography-guided pleural biopsy (UEPB) offers a higher diagnostic yield than conventional ultrasound-guided pleural biopsy; however, its role ...
Liwei Liao +9 more
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Parapneumonic pleural effusion: early versus late thoracoscopy [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2017 Objective: To evaluate the best time to perform thoracoscopy for the treatment of complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion in the fibrinopurulent phase in patients ≤ 14 years of age, regarding the postoperative evolution and occurrence of ...
Rodrigo Romualdo Pereira +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.
Yan-Bing Wu +6 more
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Utility of semi-rigid thoracoscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion
Lung India, 2015 Background: Semi-rigid thoracoscopy is a safe and efficacious procedure in patients with undiagnosed pleural effusion. Literature on its utility from developing countries is limited.
Loganathan Nattusamy +8 more
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Diagnostic performance and safety of image-guided pleural biopsy and medical thoracoscopy for undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion: a systematic review and network meta-analysis [PDF]
European Respiratory ReviewIntroduction Undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions often require pleural biopsy for a definitive diagnosis. The optimal sampling method, particularly when medical thoracoscopy is compared with image-guided pleural biopsy, remains uncertain.
Shuping Lyu +7 more
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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1993 Although thoracoscopy has been a part of thoracic surgical practice for many years, the advent of video-assisted techniques has greatly expanded the indications and the uses of this procedure. Where previously thoracoscopy was performed mainly for diagnostic purposes, it now has assumed a major role in the therapy of chest pathology.
L R, Kaiser, J E, Bavaria
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Diagnostic utility of medical thoracoscopy in peripheral parenchymal pulmonary lesions [PDF]
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.
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