MEDICAL THORACOSCOPY - ROLE IN PLEURAL AND LUNG-DISEASES

Authors
MATHUR NP LODDENKEMPER R
Citation
Np. Mathur et R. Loddenkemper, MEDICAL THORACOSCOPY - ROLE IN PLEURAL AND LUNG-DISEASES, Clinics in chest medicine, 16(3), 1995, pp. 487
Citations number
85
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Clinics in chest medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02725231
Volume
16
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-5231(1995)16:3<487:MT-RIP>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
An overview of the indications for interventional thoracoscopy is pres ented. Thoracoscopy provides diagnosis of pleural-based malignancy or tuberculosis with a high degree of accuracy when routine cytology and closed-needle pleural biopsies have failed. This article also reviews the differences between the use of video-assisted thoracic surgery and medical thoracoscopy.