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A thoracoscopically resected case of mediastinal parathyroid cyst. [PDF]
A 67-year-old male visited his physician because of a 2-month history of cough and sputum. An abnormal shadow at the left upper mediastinum on chest x-ray film was detected, and the patient was referred to our department for further examination.
Minamoto, Kanji+4 more
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Diagnostic utility of medical thoracoscopy in peripheral parenchymal pulmonary lesions
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
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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+5 more
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Intrapleural urokinase directly under medical thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy
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
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Postoperative cardiac adhesions lead to numerous difficulties in reoperation procedures. Here, a thermo‐responsive in situ formed hydrogel is shown to can reliably cover the wounds after a convenient spraying or injection and significantly reduce adhesion formation in primary and recurrent cardiac injury adhesion models.
Kun Shi+11 more
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CHOOSING THERAPEUTIC TACTICS FOR OPEN CHEST WOUNDS: THE VALUE OF THORACOSCOPY
Results of 163 thoracoscopic examinations for thoracic trauma are presented. In all cases, the the cause of the injury was stabbing. Among the patients, there were 147 men (90.2 %) and 17 women (9.8 %).
S. L. Lobanov+3 more
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Case report: Post-thoracoscopy pendelluft monitoring
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+6 more
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Can malignant and inflammatory pleural effusions in dogs be distinguished using computed tomography [PDF]
Computed tomography (CT) is the primary imaging modality used to investigate human patients with suspected malignant or inflammatory pleural effusion, but there is a lack of information about the clinical use of this test in dogs.
Aquino+35 more
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Abstract We reviewed the current status and perspectives on salvage esophagectomy for initially unresectable locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in the era of minimally invasive surgery and immunotherapy. Although the standard treatment for these patients is definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT), the complete response rate to CRT ...
Hiroshi Saeki+4 more
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Variability in the reported management of pulmonary metastases in osteosarcoma. [PDF]
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
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