Pulmonology > General Pulmonology Medical Thoracoscopy Not the Only Good Way to Biopsy Complex Pleural Effusion — Image-assisted needle biopsy matched diagnostic accuracy in some patients by ...

Thoracoscopy and pleural biopsy Thoracoscopy is a test to look at the space between your lung and chest wall. This is the pleural cavity. You might have a thoracoscopy to check for signs of cancer, ...

Early medical thoracoscopy for patients with multiloculated pleural infection and empyema was safe and shortened the length of hospital stay compared with intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy ...

We report a case of a patient with right pleural effusion who, during video-assisted thoracoscopy for biopsy and diagnosis, developed a sudden rise in end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) after a ...

Thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure developed recently and is used by chest physicians and thoracic surgeons to view the covering of the lungs and detect fluid accumulation. As per Dr ...

A workshop on Thoracoscopy and video-thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), commonly known as keyhole chest surgery, was held at KIMS Hospital .The workshop was inaugurated by Dr K Poulose Jacob, Vice ...