Pleural biopsies are often required to establish a diagnosis in exudative pleural effusions, which remain undiagnosed after initial pleural fluid analysis.
Sreyas Sharma +6 more
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Objective This study aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy, safety, and feasibility of medical thoracoscopy combined with fibrinolytic therapy for the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema, with a focus on therapeutic outcomes ...
Feng-Fu Zhan +8 more
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Dual-functIon Semi-rigid thoraCoscOpy Versus semi-rigid thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of plEuRal diseases: protocol for a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial in China (DISCOVER-I). [PDF]
Deng M +11 more
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Diagnostic Yield and Safety of Medical Thoracoscopic Biopsy in Undiagnosed Exudative Pleural Effusion: A Five-Year Retrospective Study From a Tertiary Care Center in South India. [PDF]
Kallarakal JS, K P V.
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Thoracoscopic staged repair for type A and type B esophageal atresia: outcomes from a tertiary center. [PDF]
Natalia N +7 more
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Diagnostic utility of various gross thoracoscopic appearances in tuberculous pleural effusion and their correlation with microbiological and histopathological findings - a hospital-based prospective observational cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Thanisk R +5 more
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Video-assisted thoracoscopy with pleurodesis as treatment of amiodarone induced recurrent pleural effusion. [PDF]
Cedano D +3 more
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Clinical application of confocal laser endomicroscopy in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion. [PDF]
Ye S +5 more
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