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OPTIMIZATION OF INDICATIONS FOR THORACOSCOPY IN CHEST TRAUMA
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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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 utility of medical thoracoscopy in peripheral parenchymal pulmonary lesions
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.
E. Hatata +4 more
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Thoracoscopy in the management of pediatric empyemas
Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition), 2016 Introduction: Thoracoscopy is increasingly being used in the treatment of empyema. This study assesses feasibility, efficacy and safety in children. Material and methods: Clinical files of patients who underwent primary thoracoscopy for empyema between ...
R. Lamas-Pinheiro +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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BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro +4 more
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European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism
BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz +3 more
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Video assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of pneumothorax and lung resections: systematic review of randomised clinical trials [PDF]
, 2004 <b>Objectives</b> To determine if video assisted thoracic surgery is associated with better clinical outcomes than thoracotomy for three common procedures: surgery for pneumothorax, minor resections, and lobectomy.
Sedrakyan, Artyom +7 more
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