ArticleBreathe (Sheffield, England)2024
Use of medical thoracoscopy in managing pleural malignancy.
Article in Breathe (Sheffield, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Review of Analgesic and Anaesthetic Approaches in Local Anaesthetic (Medical) Thoracoscopy.Pulmonary therapy · 2026Review
- Qualitative insights into patient and carer perspectives of malignant pleural effusion management: an embedded study within the TACTIC trial.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Article
- Diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion using thoracoscopy combined with confocal endomicroscopy: a case report.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Peri-procedural cardiac arrest at medical thoracoscopy in a patient with pleural mesothelioma causing resultant heart failure and an intractable pleural effusion.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025Article
- Indwelling pleural catheters and medical thoracoscopy.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025Review
- Lung cancer: an update on the multidisciplinary approach from screening to palliative care.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Local anaesthetic "medical" thoracoscopy is an important tool for the diagnosis and management of a unilateral pleural effusion. It is performed under conscious sedation and has a high diagnostic yield. Clinical experience has demonstrated that thoracoscopy is a safe procedure. This article is an expert review of various aspects of the procedures from two experienced practitioners and we suggest areas for potential future research.
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