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The diagnostic role of thoracoscope in undiagnosed pleural effusion: Rigid versus flexible
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014 Objectives: The accurate diagnosis of pleural diseases can present a considerable challenge. Conservative estimates suggest that in 25% of patients examined in a general pulmonologist’s practice the pleura was involved.
Mostafa Mahmoud Abdel Mageid Shaheen +4 more
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Diagnostic role of medical thoracoscopy in childhood pleural tuberculosis
Scientific Reports, 2019 Currently, the diagnostic role of medical thoracoscopy in childhood pleural tuberculosis remains uncertain. Therefore, this retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic performance of histological examination of tissue samples obtained by
Maoshui Wang, Chao Han, Yu He
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Journal of International Medical ResearchObjective 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 +7 more
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The modern diagnosis and management of pleural effusions [PDF]
, 2015 A pleural effusion describes an excess of fluid in the pleural cavity, usually resulting from an imbalance in the normal rate of pleural fluid production or absorption, or both.
Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick A
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Evolution of the Nuss procedure for the repair of Pectus Excavatum: Our experience. [PDF]
, 2016 The aim of this study is to collect the variables of the Nuss procedure developed by experts in this technique around the world and present their advantages and disadvantages compared to the original description of the Nuss procedure.
GOULI, MARIA
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Management of Septated Malignant Pleural Effusions [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose of Review: We review recent studies of patients with septated malignant pleural effusions, to understand what the clinical implications for patients are and what evidence-based methods should be used to manage these effusions.
AR Medford +16 more
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Therapeutic Medical Thoracoscopy
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015 -
A G Casalini, P A Mori
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Feasibility of short term drainage for diagnostic thoracoscopy
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016 Background and Aim. Thoracoscopy is a diagnostic tool superior to other available techniques for the assessment of pleural effusions. There are numerous publications that describe the technique in detail but there is very little published on the optimal ...
D.P. Breen +4 more
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Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum in a 17-year-old boy with a history of congenital diaphragmatic hernia and lack of pericardium [PDF]
, 2016 We reported a 17-year-old boy with very deep asymmetric pectus excavatum and with a history of congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair and hypoplastic left lung.
Timman, Simone T. +1 more
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Safety and efficacy of medical thoracoscopy in the management of loculated thoracic empyema
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017 Background: Pleural empyema can be subdivided into 3 stages: exudative, multiloculated, and organizing. In the absence of clear septation, antibiotics plus simple drainage of pleural fluid is often sufficient treatment, whereas clear septation often ...
Ahmed Hassan Ali Abo-El-maged +3 more
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