Medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of pleural disease: a guide for the clinician

F Shaikh, RJ Lentz, D Feller-Kopman… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Developing a feasible and accurate means of evaluating pleural pathology has
been an ongoing effort for over 150 years. Pleural fluid cellular and biomarker analyses are …

The role of medical thoracoscopic lung biopsy in diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases

MM Omar, AS Alhalafawy, NM Emara… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Interstitial lung disease in the immunocompetent patient is often a difficult
challenge for the clinician, especially when no diagnostic clues are present. A clear …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of lung biopsy via mini-thoracoscopy in interstitial lung diseases

KI Bondok, AES Mansour, AR El Said… - The Egyptian Journal …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Results The biopsy size ranges from 3 to 9 mm, with a mean±SD of 6.2±1.4 mm in group I
and 3.9±0.88 mm in group II. Fever was common in group I (50%) than group II (20%) …

[HTML][HTML] Medical thoracoscopic lung biopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases: safety and usefulness

HE Abdel-Ati, AA Khames, AM Allama… - The Egyptian Journal …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Medical thoracoscopic lung biopsy in diffuse parenchymal lun... : The Egyptian Journal of
Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis Medical thoracoscopic lung biopsy in diffuse …

Role of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of pleuropulmonary lesions

S Moursi, HA Mohammadien, OAR Alkady… - Sohag Medical …, 2020 - journals.ekb.eg
Objectives: To assess the analytic utility and wellbeing of pleuroscopy in patients with
pleuropulmonary diseases. Patients and Methods: A retrospective and prospective …