..., with surgery being performed when patients fail and/or in case of organized empyema. Objectives: The aim of the study was to report the efficacy and safety of medical thoracoscopy in patients with pleural empyema stratified by chest ultrasound. Method: Observational retrospective cohort study analyzing...

...Marios E. Froudarakis; Stavros Anevlavis; Charles-Hugo Marquette; Philippe Astoul Background: Medical thoracoscopy (MT) is an important procedure in the management of patients with pleural diseases. Objectives: We designed a survey to explore whether the participants of our courses implement MT...

... and earlier IPC removal in benign pleural effusions. Methods: We reviewed a database of IPCs inserted for nonmalignant pleural effusions in the period August 2007 to June 2017 in patients who underwent medical thoracoscopy (MT). Clinical, radiologic, and pleural fluid data were recorded. Logistic regression...

... where the assessment is only based on clinical examination and chest radiography. Objective: To assess the value of lateral decubitus chest radiography (LDCR) to detect pleural adhesions. Methods: Consecutive patients with pleural effusions undergoing LCDR followed by medical thoracoscopy the day after...

...: This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of patients with undiagnosed pleural effusions in a Chinese population. Methods: Between July 2005 and June 2014, medical thoracoscopy (MT) using the semirigid instrument was performed in 833 patients with pleural...

...Peter Grendelmeier; Michael Tamm; Kathleen Jahn; Eric Pflimlin; Daiana Stolz Background: Hypoxemia is a surrogate marker for periprocedural endoscopic complications. There are no data comparing the safety of propofol sedation with another sedative regimen in medical thoracoscopy. Objective...

.... History of thoracoscopy Jacobaeus Medical thoracoscopy Pleural effusion Thoracoscopy celebrates its hundredth anniversary, with its beginning dating to 1910. In the 100 years of its use two distinct periods can be identified: that between 1910 and 1955, and the subsequent period. The first...

... focuses on empiric antibiotic treatment and chest tube drainage. The role of intrapleural fibrinolytics is still a matter of debate. Medical thoracoscopy is a simple and effective therapeutic alternative associated with better outcome and fewer complications than conservative treatment. Furthermore...

... thoracoscopy are small effusions, pleural effusions in patients with narrow intercostal spaces and suspected tuberculous pleurisy in areas of low incidence of tuberculosis. In general, it increases the versatility of medical thoracoscopy. 26 3 2011 Fig. 3 Minithoracoscopic appearance of nodules...

... and Prof. J. Patrick Barron for reviewing the English. References 1. Froudarakis ME: Diagnostic work-up of pleural effusions. Respiration 2008;75:4–13. 2. Rodriguez-Panadero F: Medical thoracoscopy. Respiration 2008;76:363–372. 3. Davidson AC, George RJ, Sheldon CD, Sinha G, Corrin B...

... showed bilateral pleural effusions with a thickened pleura, nodular infiltrations in both lungs, enlarged intraabdominal lymph nodes and splenomegaly. Pleuroscopy (medical thoracoscopy) on the left side revealed dense tumorous nodules mainly on the posterior chest wall pleura, but also on the diaphragm...