... to in the content or advertisements. 2023 Computed tomography Empyema Propensity score Thoracoscopy Empyema is defined as the accumulation of fluid between the pleural layers in the thoracic cavity. It is mainly caused by bacteria, resulting in long-term treatment and a long hospital stay [ 1...

...Andreas Kostroglou; Emmanouil I. Kapetanakis; Loizos Rougeris; Marios E. Froudarakis; Tatiana Sidiropoulou Pleuroscopy or medical thoracoscopy is the second most common utilized procedure after bronchoscopy in the promising field of interventional pulmonology. Its main application...

...Mohamed Ellayeh; Eihab Bedawi; Radhika Banka; Anand Sundaralingam; Vineeth George; Nikolaos Kanellakis; Robert Hallifax; Heba Abdelwahab; Nasef Rezk; Asem Hewidy; Raed Ali; John Wrightson; Najib Rahman Background: Thoracoscopy is the “gold standard” diagnostic modality for investigation...

...Andreas Koulelidis; Stavros Anevlavis; Nikolaos Nikitidis; Periklis Pappas; Paschalis Ntolios; Athanassios Karkabounas; Vasiliki Boti; Paschalis Steiropoulos; Georgia Karpathiou; Savvas Eleftheriadis; Marios E. Froudarakis Background: Medical thoracoscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis...

...: A total of 90 patients were included in the cohort. CTM was identified in 23 of 90 patients (26%). Median time from IPC insertion to CTM was 408 days (interquartile range 196–721 days). Medical thoracoscopy at the time of IPC insertion did not lead to a significantly increased odds of CTM (OR 2.30; 95% CI...

...Duneesha de Fonseka; Rahul Bhatnagar; Nick A. Maskell Background: Local anaesthetic thoracoscopy (LAT) is an important procedure in the management pathway of patients with pleural effusions, particularly those with suspected malignancy. The last survey evaluating the use and development of LAT...

...Georgia Karpathiou; Marios Froudarakis; Fabien Forest; Mousa Mobarki; Arnaud Patoir; Pierre Gay; Jean Michel Vergnon; Olivier Tiffet; Michel Peoc'h Background: Knowledge of pleural malignancy can lead to immediate pleurodesis during thoracoscopy. However, the accuracy of pleural frozen sections...

.... We obtained informed patient consent for the participation and publication of individual patient data. The authors declare that they have no competing interests to disclose. Thoracoscopy Sarcoidosis Pleural biopsy Tuberculosis A 45-year-old black male with a medical history...

... by medical thoracoscopy. Methods: Consecutive patients with MPM and available PET/CT performed before thoracoscopy were separated into 2 groups, according to their standardized uptake value (SUV). Kaplan-Meier-analysis for survival was performed on groups with low and high SUV. Agreement between PET/CT...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Thoracoscopy We read with great interest the paper by Grendelmeier et al...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Anesthesia Hypoxemia Thoracoscopy The group of pneumologists in Basel...

... reporting results of prognostic factors are retrospective, using pleural thoracentesis for diagnosis. The objectives of our study were to reveal possible prognostic factors in patients initially presenting with undiagnosed pleural effusion proven to be malignant by diagnostic thoracoscopy. Methods: Ninety...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. FDG-PET/CT Talc pleurodesis Thoracoscopy Pneumothorax Pleural inflammation Talc pleurodesis has...

... fluid and blood were taken before and 3, 24, 48 and 72 h after thoracoscopy. Also, mesothelial cells were stimulated with both types of talc in vitro. Measurements and Results: Interleukin-8, tumor necrosis factor-α, vascular endothelial growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor and thrombin...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Thoracoscopy Pleuroscopy Lung biopsy Animal Pleuroscopy, performed by pulmonologists, under local anesthesia or conscious sedation...

... simple drainage of pleural fluid is often sufficient treatment, whereas clear septation often requires more invasive treatment. Objectives: The aim of this study was to report our experience and analyze the safety and efficacy of medical thoracoscopy in patients with multiloculated and organizing empyema...

..., visualised with either CT or at thoracoscopy, are the absolute cause of the air leak, or are simply an associated phenomenon or bystander. When studied with fluoroscein-enhanced autofluorescence, areas of high-grade abnormality were frequently visualised separate from any area of abnormality seen...

... of BIS-guided propofol sedation in patients undergoing flexible bronchoscopy. Objective: To examine the feasibility and safety profile of propofol sedation in patients undergoing medical thoracoscopy (MT). Methods: Patients undergoing MT for diagnostic evaluation or treatment of pleuropulmonary diseases...

.... After a recurrence or failure of aspiration, chest tube drainage, again, is often the procedure of choice although VATS or thoracoscopy and talc poudrage have been proven to be much more effective. For the surgical treatment of recurrent pneumothorax, the role of routine resection of blebs...

...Henri G. Colt; Mohsen Davoudi; Silvia Quadrelli; Nazanin Zamanian Rohani Background: Despite the paradigm shift from process to competency-based education, no study has explored how competency-based metrics might be used to assess short-term effectiveness of thoracoscopy-related postgraduate...