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Monitoring excimer laser-guided cardiac lead extractions by uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy : a single center experience [PDF]
, 2022 Background: Though laser guided extractions of cardiac implantable electronic devices leads have become a routine procedure, the severe complications are associated with a high mortality.
Scherner, Maximilian Philipp +10 more
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Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2014 The burden of pleural diseases continues to rise and affects an increasingly complex and aging patient population. As such, thoracentesis is one of the most common procedures performed by respiratory physicians, as pleural fluid analysis can establish the diagnosis of pleural effusions in approximately 75% of the cases. When a diagnosis is not reached,
Joseph H, Skalski +2 more
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Medical thoracoscopy treatment for pleural infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021 Background Complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema represent advanced stages of pleural infections and are characterized by a high mortality. Medical thoracoscopy is a safe and minimally invasive endoscopic technique prescribed to treat severe ...
Michele Mondoni +7 more
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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 +2 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 +3 more
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Intracavitary fibrinolysis directly under vision during medical thoracoscopy: a case report
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022 Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive single-port endoscopic technique that allows for direct visualization of the pleural surface as well as diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. When fibrous adhesions are extensive, its utility is limited.
Emanuele Stirpe +2 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineObjectiveTo examine the association between Cabrol shunt and the incidence of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD).MethodsA total of 240 patients who underwent AAAD surgery were ...
Hao Song +10 more
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Is there any role for medical thoracoscopy in the treatment of empyema in children?
The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023 It is still controversial whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment approaches are most appropriate for empyema in children, and there are no data regarding the role of medical thoracoscopy in this population.
Lina Zuccatosta +9 more
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Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014 Background: Pleural tissue can be harvested either by means of closed biopsies, thoracoscopy or open surgical biopsies. Access to thoracoscopy and open surgical biopsies is limited in many parts of the world and closed biopsies are therefore the ...
Ahmed Sh. Mohamed +2 more
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New Challenges in Medical Thoracoscopy
, 2011 Thoracoscopy is currently the gold standard for the diagnosis and treatment of pleural diseases. Its diagnostic yield is 95% in patients with malignant pleural disease, with approximately 90% successful pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion and 95 ...
Marios E. Froudarakis
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