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Intra-patient comparison of parietal pleural biopsies by rigid forceps, flexible forceps and cryoprobe obtained during medical thoracoscopy: a prospective series of 80 cases with pleural effusion

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2016
BackgroundThere is only few data available on the use of cryotechnique during medical thoracoscopy.MethodsMedical thoracoscopy was performed in consecutive patients with pleural effusion.
H. Wurps, Nicolas Schönfeld, Torsten T. Bauer, M. Bock, C. Duve, R. Sauer, Thomas Mairinger, S. Griff   +7 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, Mohamed Fahmy Elsamadony, Mousa Mohamed El-Shamly, Wael Refaat Hablas   +3 more
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Hybrid endoscopic thymectomy : combined transesophageal and transthoracic approach in a survival porcine model with cadaver assessment [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery thymectomy has been used in the treatment of Myastenia Gravis and thymomas (coexisting or not).
Alice Miranda, Aníbal Ferreira, AP Yim, C Rolanda, C Yang, Carla Rolanda, DM Meyer, DW Gee, E Lima, GD Palma De, H Inoue, J Loscertales, J Moreira-Pinto, J Moreira-Pinto, J Moreira-Pinto, JC Ruckert, Jorge Correia-Pinto, João Moreira-Pinto, K Parikh, K Sumiyama, L Yu, MJ Mack, MJ Mack, MS Allen, RJ Landreneau, RJ Lewia, S Takeo, SR Hazelrigg, T Agasthian, WH Coltharp   +29 more
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Comparative characteristics of tuberculous pleurisy depending on HIV status

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2016
Goal of the study: to study specific manifestations of tuberculous pleurisy in HIV patients, to evaluate the efficiency of video-assisted thoracoscopy when diagnosing tuberculous pleurisy in case of different HIV status of the patients.Materials and ...
E. V. Korzh, D. S. Miroshnichenko
doaj   +1 more source

The value of routine chest radiographs after minimally invasive cardiac surgery: an observational cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Chest radiographs (CXRs) are obtained frequently in postoperative cardiac surgery patients. The diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of routine CXRs is known to be low and the discussion regarding the safety of abandoning these CXRs after ...
Bastiaan M Gerritse, Homme A J Dijkstra, Martijn Tolsma, Mohamed Bentala, Nardo J M van der Meer, Paul G H Mulder, Peter M J Rosseel   +6 more
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Safety and Complications of Medical Thoracoscopy

Advances in Medicine, 2016
Objectives. To highlight the possible complications of medical thoracoscopy (MT) and how to avoid them. Methods. A retrospective and prospective analysis of 127 patients undergoing MT in Nagoya Medical Center (NMC) and Toyota Kosei Hospital.
Shimaa Nour Moursi Ahmed, H. Saka, Hamdy A. Mohammadien, O. Alkady, M. Oki, Y. Tanikawa, R. Tsuboi, M. Aoyama, K. Sugiyama   +8 more
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The role of medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion at the Chest Department of Zagazig University Hospitals

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2016
Background Thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that allows visualization of the pleural space and intrathoracic structures. It enables taking pleural biopsies under direct vision, therapeutic drainage of effusions, and pleurodesis in one ...
Abd El Rehim I. Yousef, Amani F. Morsi, Mohamed El-Shabrawy, Hadeer A. El Shahaat   +3 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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Medical thoracoscopy: Analysis on diagnostic yield through 30 years of experience

Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2016
Background: Medical thoracoscopy (MT) or pleuroscopy is a procedure performed to diagnose and treat malignant and benign pleural diseases. Totally 2752 pleuroscopies executed in 1984–2013 in our center were considered in this study.
A. Valsecchi, S. Arondi, G. Marchetti
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Management of Persistent Pneumothorax With Thoracoscopy and Bleb Resection in COVID-19 Patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2020
A. Aiolfi, T. Biraghi, A. Montisci, G. Bonitta, G. Micheletto, F. Donatelli, S. Cirri, D. Bona   +7 more
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