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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017 Background With the exception of areas with high prevalence of tuberculosis, medical thoracoscopy is becoming the diagnostic modality of choice for exudative pleural effusions.
Merlin Thomas +9 more
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Visceral pleural biopsy under medical thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma
Respirology Case Reports, 2020 Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive single‐port endoscopic technique that provides direct visualization of the pleural surface and allows for diagnostic procedures.
Satoshi Terashita +5 more
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Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014 Background: Differential diagnosis of pleural disease is often a lengthy process fraught with pitfalls. Contrary to thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy, thoracoscopy permits biopsy with direct visualization.
Sabah A. Mohamed, Marwa M. Shaban
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Journal of International Medical ResearchObjective This study was performed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of subcostal thoracoscopy and median sternotomy as surgical approaches for thymoma resection and lymph node dissection.
Xunliang Yin +7 more
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The diagnostic role of thoracoscope in undiagnosed pleural effusion: Rigid versus flexible
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014 Objectives: The accurate diagnosis of pleural diseases can present a considerable challenge. Conservative estimates suggest that in 25% of patients examined in a general pulmonologist’s practice the pleura was involved.
Mostafa Mahmoud Abdel Mageid Shaheen +4 more
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SVU - International Journal of Medical SciencesBackground: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a debilitating complication of advanced cancers, significantly impacting patients' quality of life. While drainage with pleurodesis is well-established, the optimal approach—bedside chest tube pleurodesis ...
Amr Rayan , Mohamed Elshazli
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Safety and efficacy of medical thoracoscopy in the management of loculated thoracic empyema
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017 Background: Pleural empyema can be subdivided into 3 stages: exudative, multiloculated, and organizing. In the absence of clear septation, antibiotics plus simple drainage of pleural fluid is often sufficient treatment, whereas clear septation often ...
Ahmed Hassan Ali Abo-El-maged +3 more
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Pleural effusion in breast cancer. Thoracoscopy for hormone receptor determination [PDF]
, 1986 Mark Levine +3 more
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Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopic Removal of a Mediastinal Mass in a Newborn: A Case Report
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 61, Issue 12, Page 1923-1927, December 2025.
Carlo Maria Ferlini +7 more
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