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Medical thoracoscopy for exudative pleural effusion: an eight-year experience from a country with a young population

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, Wanis H. Ibrahim, Tasleem Raza, Kamran Mushtaq, Adeel Arshad, Mushtaq Ahmed, Salma Taha, Saber Al Sarafandi, Hanfa Karim, Hisham A. Abdul-sattar   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances and Future Perspectives for the Management of Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer in Australia: A Narrative Review

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, Volume 22, Issue 3, Page 333-350, June 2026.
Lung cancer remains Australia's leading cause of cancer death. With new screening and evolving therapies, equitable access and workforce readiness are essential. This review discusses current and emerging treatments for NSCLC in Australia, clinical trials underway, and future directions in delivering optimal, accessible care nationwide.
Lauren Julia Brown, Graham Meredith, Bo Gao, Pei Ding, Harriet Gee, Inês Pires da Silva, Adnan Nagrial, Eric Hau   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

[The role of thoracoscopy in paediatric spontaneous pneumothorax]

, 2008
Spontaneous pneumothorax in children is an emergency. A rapid and structured treatment is necessary. Indicating clinical signs are dyspnoea with unilateral reduced breath sounds and hypersonic percussion note. Chest x-ray confirms diagnosis.
Zachariou, Z, Schulte, D, Casaulta, C, Cholewa, D   +3 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, Keiichiro Suminaga, Hiroaki Kawachi, Susumu Noguchi, Tatsuyoshi Ikeue, Takakazu Sugita   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thoracoscopy in complicated parapneumonic effusion in children [PDF]

, 2000
OBJETIVO: O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar nossa experiência com a toracoscopia no derrame parapneumônico complicado. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Foi realizada revisão retrospectiva de prontuários de 23 crianças (12 meninas), idade média de 3 anos e ...
Hinke, Tiene Zingano, Fraga, José Carlos Soares de, Nunes, Gabriel G., Schopf, Luciano Ferraz, Antunes, Carlos Roberto Heredia   +4 more
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Diagnostic performance and safety of image-guided pleural biopsy and medical thoracoscopy for undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

European Respiratory Review
Introduction Undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions often require pleural biopsy for a definitive diagnosis. The optimal sampling method, particularly when medical thoracoscopy is compared with image-guided pleural biopsy, remains uncertain.
Shuping Lyu, Ziwen Zheng, Liwei Liao, Xiaoguo Feng, Mingming Deng, Jia Li, José M. Porcel, Gang Hou   +7 more
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Advanced techniques in medical thoracoscopy.

, 2006
For expert pulmonologists, advanced procedures in medical thoracoscopy are the nonroutine and more complex applications of the method. The main current indications are the treatment of infected pleural space, forceps lung biopsy and sympathectomy.
Davies, RJ, Tassi, GF, Noppen, M
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Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: One year prospective study

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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Surgical aspects of thoracoscopy and efficacy of right thoracoscopy in minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum

, 2007
ObjectiveMinimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum has been established as the preferred technique for the repair of funnel chest deformity. Original techniques of pectus bar placement have been modified to improve the safety of the procedures.
Saxena, Amulya K., Höllwarth, Michael E., Castellani, Christoph   +2 more
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Why you do or do not need thoracoscopy

, 2010
Thoracoscopy is an old but still very valuable technique for the evaluation of pleural pathology and, especially for the further investigation of the aetiology of pleural fluid.
J. P. Janssen, Janssen, J.P.
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