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Perirectal injection of imaging materials for computed tomographic lymphography and near infrared fluorescent thoracoscopy in cats

Veterinární Medicína, 2019
For the treatment of chylothorax, the most common procedure is a thoracic duct ligation; however, recurrence of the issue is often common, generally due to the incomplete ligation of all thoracic duct tributaries.
Keiji Kamijo, Eiichi Kanai, Motoharu Oishi, Nobutsune Ichihara, Masao Asari, Kazutaka Yamada   +5 more
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Emerging Techniques in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Hematologic Malignancies

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hematologic malignancies represent the most common cancers in children. While the mainstays of treatment are chemotherapy and potentially hematopoietic stem cell transplant, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has a role in the diagnosis and management of complications related both to disease and therapy as well as common pediatric surgical ...
Alejandro Chara, Katlyn G. McKay, Harold N. Lovvorn III, Joseph C. Fusco   +3 more
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New challenge in double-bore medical thoracoscopy in Fayoum University Hospital

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Background Thoracoscopy is an invasive technique. When other, less intrusive techniques are ineffective at providing a diagnosis in the case of pleural exudates, thoracoscopy should be employed. The diagnostic and therapeutic thoracoscopy methods used by
Mona I Ahmed, Radwa A El Hefny, Enas S Farhat   +2 more
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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in cases of undiagnosed pleural effusion in Kobri El-Kobba Military Hospital

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: Recurrent and persistent pleural exudates are common in clinical practice, and in a large number of patients, thoracocentesis and blind pleural biopsy procedures do not provide a definitive diagnosis.
Laila A. Helala, Gehan M. El-Assal, Ayman A. Farghally, Marwa M. Abd El Rady   +3 more
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Case report: Post-thoracoscopy pendelluft monitoring

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Asynchronous alveolar ventilation is called pendelluft, which may induce lung injury in spontaneously breathing patients. We report a case that electrical impedance tomography (EIT) was used to assess the pendelluft in a post-thoracoscopy patient.
Zhibin Xiao, Zhibin Xiao, Na Zhang, Xiajing Zhang, Wenjun Lu, Changjun Gao, Xude Sun   +6 more
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Comparison between a laparoscopic articulating needle driver with standard laparoscopic instrumentation for total laparoscopic gastropexy in dogs

Veterinary Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To compare the utility of a mechanical laparoscopic articulating needle driver (ALI) to standard laparoscopic instrumentation (SLI) during the creation of a total laparoscopic gastropexy (TLG) in dogs. Study design Prospective clinical trial. Animals A total of 17 client owned dogs.
Erin A. Gibson, William T. N. Culp, Ingrid M. Balsa, Michele Steffey, Philipp Mayhew   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of ultrasound-guided medical thoracoscopy in patients with small amounts or without pleural effusion

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background Pleural disease is a common clinical condition, and some patients present with a small amount of pleural effusion or no pleural effusion. It is difficult to diagnose such patients in clinical practice. Medical thoracoscopy is the gold standard
Linhui Yang, Kaige Wang, Wang Hou, Dan Liu, Weimin Li   +4 more
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Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 363-371, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Esophageal cancer is a highly aggressive malignancy with regional variations in histological subtypes. Adenocarcinoma predominates in Western countries, whereas squamous cell carcinoma is more common in Asia. Despite advances in multimodal therapy, esophagectomy remains the cornerstone of curative treatment, and the development of various ...
Hirotaka Konishi, Hiroyuki Inoue, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Atsushi Shiozaki   +3 more
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Thoracoscopy-assisted treatment for mediastinal metastasis of thyroid cancer: a case report

Journal of International Medical Research, 2022
Advanced thyroid cancer with upper mediastinal lymph node metastasis is not rare in the clinical setting. For patients with severe metastasis, a thoracocervical incision is usually performed for dissection of lymph nodes. However, the difficult operation
Liu Jie, Wang Meng
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Exercise and Nutrition Prehabilitation Program During Preoperative Chemotherapy Followed by Esophagectomy in Older Patients With Esophageal Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 470-482, March 2026.
This prospective randomized trial evaluated whether prehabilitation, exercise and nutrition intervention, enhance skeletal muscle mass during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in older patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy. We also investigated whether exercise alone was sufficient to increase skeletal muscle mass, and whether nutritional ...
Keijiro Sugimura, Takashi Kanemura, Tomohira Takeoka, Takahito Sugase, Norihiro Matsuura, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Masahiko Yano, Hiroshi Miyata   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source