For the diagnosis of people with pleural effusion, an initial image-assisted Abrams needle biopsy (IA-ANPB) can match medical thoracoscopy (MT) in diagnostic accuracy in some cases, a small randomized ...

Medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that allows access to the pleural space using a combination of viewing and working instruments. It ...

You have a thoracoscopy to look inside your chest to see possible areas of cancer. Doctors use a thoracoscopy to help diagnose cancers such as lung cancer and mesothelioma. They might also do a ...

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 small ...

Thoracoscopy is a novel technique which uses a video camera system to operate inside the chest cavity for a wide variety of lung/chest conditions. The use of camera systems reduces the requirement for ...