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Malignant Pleural Effusion: Palliative Managements and Indication for Pleurodesis Based on Survival Scores

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neoplastic pleural effusion is one in which malignant neoplastic cells are detected in the pleural fluid or in the parietal pleura. When secondary, it confirms disseminated neoplastic disease and suggests a reduced life expectancy and low quality of life.
Erlon de Avila Carvalho, Rachid Eduardo Noleto da Nobrega Oliveira, José Henrique Agner Ribeiro, Jefferson Luís Gross, Cezar Augusto Vendas Galhardo, Heládio Feitosa e Castro Neto, Giovana dos Santos, Reitan Ribeiro, Alexandre Ferreira Oliveira, Rodrigo Nascimento Pinheiro   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scope of medical rigid thoracoscopy in patients with pleural effusion of unknown etiology: A prospective single center study

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Pleural diseases commonly encountered are pleural effusion, pneumothorax, pleural wall thickening, and pleural mass. Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that allows diagnostic and therapeutic intervention.
Namrata , Amarendra Kumar Shukla , Pawan Tiwari , Veerendra Arya , Prahlad Prabhudesai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Application Status and Innovative Development of Surgical Robot

Med Research, EarlyView.
Advantage, Challenge and Innovation of surgical robots. ABSTRACT Surgery has undergone a revolutionary development since the innovations in anesthesiology, aseptic techniques, and antibiotics. The use of modern techniques, especially minimally invasive techniques, has led to a new era of microsurgery and reduced patient trauma.
Aimin Jiang, Zhao Tang, Hanzhong Zhang, Jinxin Li, Jialin Meng, Ying Liu, Yu Fang, Juan Lu, Xu Zhang, Le Qu, Anqi Lin, Linhui Wang   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Endoscopic Camera Control by Head Movements for Thoracic Surgery [PDF]

, 2010
In current video-assisted thoracic surgery, the endoscopic camera is operated by an assistant of the surgeon, which has several disadvantages. This paper describes a system which enables the surgeon to control the endoscopic camera without the help of an
Bruin, Gart de, Franken, Michel, Mariani, Massimo A., Misra, Sarthak, Reilink, Rob, Stramigioli, Stefano   +5 more
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Persistent pleural effusion secondary to sarcomatosis in a dog

Veterinary Record Case Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract A 6‐year‐old, neutered, male German shepherd dog presented to the Emergency and Critical Care Service at the Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center with bilateral pleural effusion. Thoracic computed tomography, among other diagnostics, failed to identify the cause of the pleural effusion.
Daniel N. Feinbloom, Janis M. Lapsley, Laura E. Selmic   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Thoracoscopic Assessment of Pleural Tumor Burden in Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusion: Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications [PDF]

, 2011
Background:Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is encountered at an advanced stage of disease progression and often heralds a poor prognosis. The most reliable predictive factor of survival in such patients is the primary tumor.
Astoul, Philippe, Dutau, Hervé, Greillier, Laurent, Loundou, Anderson, Maldonado, Fabien, Sakr, Lama   +5 more
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Selective Conservatism in the Management of Spinal Stab Wounds Remains Applicable—A Critical Review of 169 Patients Managed at a Major Trauma Center in South Africa

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Spinal stab wounds (SW) are relatively uncommon and can be both morbid and fatal. The exact role of surgery remains somewhat unclear. This study reviews our institutional experience of spinal SW management and examines the clinical outcome of these patients in a developing world setting.
Reuben He, Victor Kong, Cynthia Cheung, Jonathan Ko, Daniel Lee, Joshua Ahn, Shuba Kosna, William Yeung, Hong Lee, Howard Wain, Wanda Bekker, Damian Clarke   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pleural tuberculosis: medical thoracoscopy greatly increases the diagnostic accuracy

ERJ Open Research, 2018
Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of a standardised work-up in the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) that included fibreoptic bronchoscopy and medical thoracoscopy.
A. Casalini, P. Mori, M. Majori, M. Anghinolfi, E. Silini, L. Gnetti, F. Motta, S. Larini, Sara Montecchini, R. Pisi, A. Calderaro   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source