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A Three-Year Experience of Medical Thoracoscopy at A Tertiary Care Center of Himalayan Region [PDF]

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure for diagnosing and treating pleural diseases. Despite its proven role in diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, it is infrequently used, which could be because of cost of equipment and ...
Rakhee Sodhi, Girish Sindhwani, Shirazi Nadia, Sanjeev Kumar, Varuna Jethani, Sushant Khanduri   +5 more
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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in cases of undiagnosed pleural effusion in Kobri El-Kobba Military Hospital

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: Recurrent and persistent pleural exudates are common in clinical practice, and in a large number of patients, thoracocentesis and blind pleural biopsy procedures do not provide a definitive diagnosis.
Laila A. Helala, Gehan M. El-Assal, Ayman A. Farghally, Marwa M. Abd El Rady   +3 more
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A Rare Giant Pleural Thymoma in Posterior Mediastinum. [PDF]

, 2012
Thymoma is an epithelial neoplasm of the thymus, which commonly lies in the anterior mediastinum. Unusually, thymomas can also be found in other locations. Surgical excision, when feasible, appears to provide good results. We encountered a rare case of a
Kalloli, M, Ramachandra, C, Srinivas, C, Vijayakumar, M   +3 more
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Sensitization Patterns to Cyanoacrylate‐Based Surgical Glues

Contact Dermatitis, EarlyView.
Surgical glues are increasingly used posing risks of allergic contact dermatitis caused by cyanoacrylate monomers. Ethyl cyanoacrylate (ECA) and surgical glues « as is » testing has proven to be a good tool for Patch test in sensitised patients. ABSTRACT Background Surgical glues are increasingly used, offering advantages like reduced scarring and ...
Lucrezia Bianchetti, Anna Walker, Ophelie Marchal, Laura Bruschi, Héloïse Wüthrich, An Goossens, Ella Dendooven, Olivier Aerts, Curdin Conrad, Michel Gilliet, Teofila Seremet   +10 more
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Application of ultrasound-guided medical thoracoscopy in patients with small amounts or without pleural effusion

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background Pleural disease is a common clinical condition, and some patients present with a small amount of pleural effusion or no pleural effusion. It is difficult to diagnose such patients in clinical practice. Medical thoracoscopy is the gold standard
Linhui Yang, Kaige Wang, Wang Hou, Dan Liu, Weimin Li   +4 more
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Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications of Pleural Adhesions in Malignant Effusions [PDF]

, 2008
Background and objectiveWe aimed to examine the frequency of pleural adhesions and to determine their relationship with pleural tumor burden, pleural fluid (PF) biochemistries, PF cytologic yield, and survival in patients with malignant pleural effusion (
Antony, Boutin, Chung, Chung, Davila, Ernst, Francisco Rodríguez-Panadero, Good, Heffner, Idell, Janssen, José M. Porcel, José Martín-Juan, Kroegel, Light, Loddenkemper, Mason, Philip-Joët, Rodríguez-Panadero, Rodríguez-Panadero, Sanchez-Armengol, Sasaki, Silvia Bielsa, Tateishi, Wolff   +24 more
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Carcinoma of Esophagus

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carcinoma of esophagus is one of the most common cancer worldwide, but its epidemiology is changing. Squamous cell carcinoma is declining in the East, but adenocarcinoma is rising in the West, probably related to the pandemic of obesity and changing lifestyle.
Joseph Sung, Dongxin Lin, Rebecca Fitzgerald, Prateek Sharma, Simon Law, David Ilson   +5 more
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Medical thoracoscopy versus image-guided pleural biopsy for diagnosing pleural diseases

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2018
Background The diagnostic role of medical thoracoscopy and image-guided pleural biopsy in patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion has increased over the last few years.
Emad Ibrahim, Rasha Daabis, Alaa Abdallah, Amr Abdelkerim, Mervat A Ismail   +4 more
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Thoracoscopy in pleural effusion –two techniques: awake single-access video-assisted thoracic surgery versus 2-ports video-assisted thoracic surgery under general anesthesia [PDF]

, 2015
Awake single access video-assisted thoracic surgery with local anesthesia improves procedure tolerance, reduces postoperative stay and costs. MATERIALS & METHODS: Local anesthesia was made with lidocaine and ropivacaine.
Anzalone, A., CAJOZZO, Massimo, DIOGUARDI, Salvatore, Fatica, F., GERACI, Girolamo, Lo Iacono, G., Raffaele, F.   +6 more
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Exploring Benefits of Non‐Intubated Surgery for Lung Biopsy in Interstitial Lung Disease

Respirology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives General anaesthesia with intubation is the standard technique for video‐assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). However, non‐intubated VATS (NIVATS) is emerging as a less invasive alternative, particularly for lung biopsies in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and impaired respiratory function.
Aude Nguyen, Timothée Jouitteau, Arnaud Bourdin, Anne‐Sophie Gamez, Laurence Solovei, José Molina, Kheira Hireche   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source