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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: One year prospective study

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: Differential diagnosis of pleural disease is often a lengthy process fraught with pitfalls. Contrary to thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy, thoracoscopy permits biopsy with direct visualization.
Sabah A. Mohamed, Marwa M. Shaban
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Medical Thoracoscopy in the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion

, 2013
Malignant pleural effusion is one of the most common problems that chest physicians face in their everyday practice. The diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion requires either a histological or cytological demonstration of malignant cells in the pleural
YILDIRIM, HÜSEYİN
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Comparative study of the clinical efficacy of subcostal thoracoscopy and median sternotomy in treating thymoma: a propensity score-matching analysis

Journal of International Medical Research
Objective This study was performed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of subcostal thoracoscopy and median sternotomy as surgical approaches for thymoma resection and lymph node dissection.
Xunliang Yin, Sha Xue, Yize Guo, Shaoyi Cheng, Zheng Feng, Zhengwei Zhao, Yongan Zhou, Dongliang Yuan   +7 more
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First line medical thoracoscopy in patients with massive pleural effusion admitted to the Emergency Room

reservedBackground: Il riscontro di un versamento pleurico monolaterale massivo impone una gestione orientata sia al rapido controllo della sintomatologia associata, sia all’esecuzione tempestiva di indagini diagnostiche adeguate, in particolare nei casi
ALBANO, GIULIO
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Tube Thoracotomy and Chemical Pleurodesis versus Thoracoscopy in Recurrent Malignant Pleural Effusion

SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a debilitating complication of advanced cancers, significantly impacting patients' quality of life. While drainage with pleurodesis is well-established, the optimal approach—bedside chest tube pleurodesis ...
Amr Rayan , Mohamed Elshazli
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Advanced techniques in medical thoracoscopy.

, 2006
For expert pulmonologists, advanced procedures in medical thoracoscopy are the nonroutine and more complex applications of the method. The main current indications are the treatment of infected pleural space, forceps lung biopsy and sympathectomy.
Davies, RJ, Tassi, GF, Noppen, M
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100 Years of Thoracoscopy: Historical Notes

, 2011
In the historical evolution of thoracoscopy, which was initiated exactly one century ago by Hans Christian Jacobaeus, two distinct periods can be identified: one between 1910 and 1955, characterised by its use for the lysis of pleural adhesions to obtain
Valentina Pinelli, Gian Pietro Marchetti, Gian Franco Tassi   +2 more
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Thoracoscopy in children: anaesthesiological implications and case reports.

, 2007
AIM: Videoassisted thoracic surgical technique in children is being used with increasing frequency for an extensive variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Codeluppi V, Gentili A, De Rose R, BARONCINI, SIMONETTA, Pigna A, LIMA, MARIO   +5 more
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THORACOSCOPY AND CAUTERIZATION [PDF]

BMJ, 1929
B, Hudson, G, Maurer
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Comparative study between ultrasound-guided closed pleural biopsy and thoracoscopic pleural biopsy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Pleural biopsies are often required to establish a diagnosis in exudative pleural effusions, which remain undiagnosed after initial pleural fluid analysis.
Sreyas Sharma, Nitesh Gupta, Pranav Ish, Rajnish Kaushik, Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Tanmaya Talukdar, Rohit Kumar   +6 more
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