Open AccessAdvances in Thoracoscopy: 100 Years since Jacobaeus
Author(s) -
Pyng Lee,
Praveen N. Mathur,
Henri G. Colt
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000268617
Subject(s) - thoracoscopy , medicine , pleurodesis , parietal pleura , chest tube , biopsy , general surgery , radiology , surgery , pleural effusion , pneumothorax , lung
Thoracoscopy provides the physician a window into the pleural space, and enables the biopsy of the parietal pleura under direct visual guidance, chest tube placement and pleurodesis for recurrent pleural effusions or pneumothoraces in selected patients. In this review, we discuss the advances that have been achieved in thoracoscopy since its inception more than a century ago.
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