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Thoracic and Umbilical Endometriosis Concurrently Presenting During Secondary Subfertility Evaluation. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
We report a case of a 33‐year‐old woman who presented for evaluation of secondary subfertility and pelvic pain and was incidentally found to have concurrent umbilical and pleural endometriosis discovered incidentally on CECT chest and the patient had no respiratory symptoms.
Khan N, Ashraf S, Khattak HK, Khan A, Kamil KA.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Diagnostic Thoracoscopy [PDF]

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, 1994
Since the introduction of video‐imaging and endoscopic surgical interventions, there is a worldwide renewed interest in thoracoscopy. However, thoracoscopy for diagnosis of pleural and pulmonary disease has been performed for more than 30 years. An overview is presented here of the results and experiences in the past 3 decades of thoracoscopy for ...
Janssen, Julius P., Postmus, Pieter E., Van Mourik, Johan C., Cuesta, Miguel A.   +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, Lewsey, James, van der Meulen, Jan, Treasure, Tom, van der Meulen, J., Treasure, T., Lewsey, J., Sedrakyan, A.   +7 more
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Successful Diagnostic Confirmation of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma With Extensive Pleural Adhesions Using Pleural Cryobiopsy Under Local Anaesthesia. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
Pleural cryobiopsy under local anaesthesia enabled definitive diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma despite extensive pleural adhesions. Careful preoperative assessment and precise lesion localisation allowed safe and minimally invasive tissue acquisition in a high‐risk patient.
Otaki S, Suzuki M, Yano K, Imoto T, Shimizu R, Hishima T, Nakagawa K.   +6 more
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Digital PCR for Detecting Loss of BAP1 and MTAP in Pleural Fluids of Mesothelioma Patients: Perspectives in the Diagnosis. [PDF]

Pathol Int
BAP1/MTAP gene losses were measured with dPCR in solid tumor biopsies (STBs) and in supernatant of pleural fluids (SPFs) of mesothelioma patients. Results were compared with immunohistochemistry (IHC) carried out in STBs. A good concordance between the methods was found and, interestingly, their combination seems to ameliorate the identification of PM ...
Rosini G, Alì G, Bruno R, Cipollini M, Foddis R, Celi A, Silvestri R, Rea F, Aprile V, Lucchi M, Gemignani F, Landi S.   +11 more
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Video assisted thoracoscopy in Management of stable penetrating chest trauma. [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal
Background: Although most of traumatic chest injuries do not require major operative interference and chest tube insertion remains the essential treatment, any patients who need thoracotomy in previous can benefit from less invasive surgical procedures ...
Mohamed Sabry Abdelmotaleb
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Clinical trial of new methods for identifying lung intersegmental borders using infrared thoracoscopy with indocyanine green: comparative analysis of 2- and 1-wavelength methods [PDF]

, 2013
香川大学Kagawa University博士（医学）OBJECTIVES Infrared thoracoscopy is a new method of identifying lung intersegmental borders. This study compared the efficacy of 2- and 1-wavelength infrared thoracoscopy.METHODS A total of 30 consecutive patients who underwent
笠井, 由隆, カサイ, ヨシタカ, Kasai, Yoshitaka   +2 more
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Medical thoracoscopy in the elucidationof recurrent pleural effusion

, 2020
Medical thoracoscopy allows the respiratory physician access to inspection and biopsy of the pleura. The method has several names, such as pleuroscopy, non-intubated thoracoscopy and exploratory thoracoscopy, all of which cover the same procedure.
Folkersen, Birgitte, Katballe, Niels, Bødtger, Uffe, Skaarup, Søren Helbo, Clementsen, Paul Frost, Laursen, Christian B   +5 more
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Therapeutic thoracoscopy

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1984
Thoracoscopy was originally devised for diagnostic purposes but has subsequently come to have several therapeutic applications as well. This report reviews our experience with 13 patients in whom thoracoscopy was used in a therapeutic capacity.
D D, Oakes, J P, Sherck, J B, Brodsky, J B, Mark   +3 more
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Outcomes and complications of medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2016
Background Thoracoscopy has long been established as the procedure of choice for various chest diseases, among which is undiagnosed pleural effusions.
Mona M. Ahmed, Hesham Atef Abdel Halim, Ehab Thabet Aziz, Rania Mohammed El-Shorbagy   +3 more
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