Thoracoscopy is a test to look at the space between your lung and chest wall. This is the pleural cavity. You might have a thoracoscopy to check for signs of cancer, such as mesothelioma. It is a ...

Opens in a new tab or window 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 ...

The operation for bleb resection can be done via mini-thoracotomy or thoracoscopy. The procedure is performed with general anesthesia using a special endotracheal tube that allows intentional collapse ...

Thoracoscopy is a novel technique which uses a video camera system to operate inside the chest cavity for a wide variety of lung/chest conditions. The use of camera systems reduces the requirement for ...

Flexible Bronchoscopy is a non-invasive test that visualises the airways and lung interior through a flexible tube.

• Our study demonstrates that compared to the conventional approach using one-lung ventilation (OLV) with double-lumen endotracheal intubation, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for ...

Rabie M. Amin, MBBCH (masters in anesthesia); Mohammed G. Alkhashti, MBBS, MD; Krishna Galhotra, MBBS, MD; Ahmed Al-Sharhan, MBBCH, FRCS; Huda Al-Manfohi, MBBCH, FRCS ...

From the Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, and the Vermont Sanatorium, Pittsford. † Instructor in clinical medicine, University of Vermont College of ...