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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, Laura Saderi, Federica Trogu, Silvia Terraneo, Paolo Carlucci, Filippo Ghelma, Stefano Centanni, Giovanni Sotgiu   +7 more
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Medical thoracoscopy [PDF]

, 2012
Medical thoracoscpy [MT] (pleuroscopy) is a minimally invasive procedure performed by using endoscopic telescope to visualize and evaluate the pleura, pleural space, mediastinum and the lung. Hans Christian Jacobeus (an internist that worked in Stockholm
Elameen, MEA
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Medical Thoracoscopy [PDF]

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, Philippe J, Astoul, Fabien, Maldonado   +2 more
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Association between Cabrol shunt and new-onset atrial fibrillation after acute type A aortic dissection surgery: a retrospective study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
ObjectiveTo 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, Hao Song, Shiying Gao, Zhihao Yang, Zhihao Yang, Chao Fu, Chao Fu, Zhongxu Huang, Zhongxu Huang, Chunxiao Liu, Chunxiao Liu   +10 more
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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, Wippermann, Jens, Varghese, Sam, Awad, George, Lux, Anke, Zardo, Patrick, Veluswamy, Priya, Wacker, Max, Slottosch, Ingo Jürgen, Busk, Henning, Thewes, Lena   +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, Sara Piciucchi, Sabrina Martinello, Fabio Sultani, Stefano Oldani, Arianna Johanna deGrauw, Stefano Maitan, Massimo Ruggero Corso, Venerino Poletti, Claudia Ravaglia   +9 more
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A nomogram for individualized prediction of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation in acute type A aortic dissection patients: a retrospective study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
ObjectiveThe objective of this study is to explore the risk factors associated with new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) following Sun's surgery(total arch replacement using a tetrafurcate graft with stented elephant trunk implantation) for
Zhihao Yang, Zhihao Yang, Chunxiao Liu, Chunxiao Liu, Chao Fu, Chao Fu, Xin Zhao, Xin Zhao   +7 more
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Exudative

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, Dina M. Abo-Sheisha, Maha Mostafa Shamloula   +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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An approach of total endoscopic atrial myxoma resection without robotic assistance

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
BackgroundConventional surgery presents significant challenges for elderly patients with atrial myxoma and ascending aorta calcification. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and safety of total thoracoscopic resection of atrial myxoma.MethodsA ...
Xingming Wang, Xingming Wang, Shuai Ma, Shuai Ma, Bingbing Ma, Bingbing Ma, Hourong Sun, Hourong Sun, Biao Wang, Biao Wang, Kai Liu, Kai Liu, Zengshan Ma, Zengshan Ma   +13 more
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