Medical thoracoscopy for the treatment of complicated hepatic hydrothorax | Zendy

Nikolaos A. Papakonstantinou | Zendy; Georgia Hardavella | Zendy; Gerasimos Papavasileiou | Zendy; Nikolaos Anastasiou | Zendy

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Medical thoracoscopy for the treatment of complicated hepatic hydrothorax

Author(s) -

Nikolaos A. Papakonstantinou,

Georgia Hardavella,

Gerasimos Papavasileiou,

Nikolaos Anastasiou

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of surgical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14

H-Index - 3

ISSN - 2042-8812

DOI - 10.1093/jscr/2012.3.2

Subject(s) - medicine , thoracentesis , thoracoscopy , pleurodesis , hydrothorax , cirrhosis , empyema , surgery , pleural effusion , diaphragmatic breathing , chylothorax , cardiothoracic surgery , ascites , pathology , alternative medicine

Hepatic hydrothorax is a complication of liver cirrhosis. Several invasive therapeutic approaches have been performed such as thoracentesis, video-assisted thoracic surgery and repair of the diaphragmatic defects with debatable results. Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive and effective technique with challenging applications that has not been thoroughly used in the treatment of hepatic hydrothorax. We hereby present the case of a hepatic hydrothorax complicated by thoracic empyema in a 38-year-old patient with alcoholic cirrhosis that was treated with medical thoracoscopy and talc pleurodesis.

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