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Variability in the reported management of pulmonary metastases in osteosarcoma. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Nearly 20% of patients with newly diagnosed osteosarcoma have detectable metastases at diagnosis; the majority of which occur in the lungs. There are no established recommendations for the timing and modality of metastasectomy.
Bhattasali, Onita   +6 more
core  

Role of Single Port Rigid Thoracoscopy in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion [PDF]

open access: yesTuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Background In recent years, medical thoracoscopy has been well established to play an important role in undiagnosed pleural effusion; however, this procedure is underutilized due to limited availability of the instruments it requires. This study analysed
Jagdish Rawat   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intrapleural urokinase directly under medical thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

open access: yesRespirology Case Reports, 2020
Medical thoracoscopy, also called “local anesthetic thoracoscopy” and “pleuroscopy,” is a minimally invasive single‐port endoscopic technique that provides direct visualization of the pleural surfaces and channels to conduct diagnostic and therapeutic ...
Satoshi Terashita   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic accuracy of semirigid thoracoscopy in exudative pleural effusions and relationship of thoracoscopic findings with probability of malignant diagnosis

open access: yesMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2021
Semirigid thoracoscopy is increasingly becoming the procedure of choice for evaluation of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions. Few studies have reported relationship of thoracoscopic appearances of pleural abnormalities and etiological diagnoses.
Ashok Kuwal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risks and Benefits of Feeding Enterostomy Creation During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: A Propensity‐Weighted Analysis Using the Japanese National Clinical Database

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Feeding enterostomy during MIE was evaluated in 19 054 patients from the Japanese NCD using propensity weighting. Enterostomy was associated with higher reoperation and respiratory complications, but lower delayed gastric emptying and deep vein thrombosis, with no significant difference in overall bowel obstruction.
Eisuke Booka   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endogent: Centre for Anatomy and Invasive Techniques [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The invention of new endoscopical techniques for surgery and interventional radiology demand improved training at postgraduate level. The Endogent Centre for Anatomy and Invasive Techniques support these requirements by establishing hands-on practical ...
D'Herde, Katharina   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Estimating past inhalation exposure to asbestos: a tool for risk attribution and disease screening [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction: Late presentation is common in mesothelioma. Reliable assessment of past exposure to asbestos is a necessary first step for risk attribution and for the development of a future screening programme. Such a programme could maximise access
Blyth, Kevin G.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Construction of the nursing sensitive index system of pulmonary thromboembolism after thoracoscopy

open access: yesHuli yanjiu, 2021
ObjectiveTo construct the nursing sensitive index system of pulmonary thromboembolism after thoracoscopy based on the Delphi method,in order to provide theoretical basis for the evaluation of nursing quality of this disease.MethodsThe nursing sensitive ...
WU Yixue, QU Baodi
doaj  

Diagnostic utility of medical thoracoscopy in peripheral parenchymal pulmonary lesions

open access: yesEgyptian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a single institution

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Background This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of video-assisted thoracic surgery for the treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in a larger series compared with conventional open surgery. Additionally, we summarized the experience
Hua Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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