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 ...

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 ...

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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early medical thoracoscopy for patients with multiloculated pleural infection and empyema was safe and shortened ...

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 ...

Advancements in medical science are revolutionising the diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening diseases. A prime example is the recent success in detecting and treating lung conditions using ...

The effects of targeting stromal and tumor cell platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2011 ASCO Annual ...