Thoracoscopy
... is a medical procedure involving internal examination, biopsy and/or resection/drainage of disease or masses ... Today, thoracoscopy is performed using specialized thoracoscopes. These instruments include a light source and a lens for ... Thoracoscopy may be performed either under general anaesthesia or under sedation with local anaesthetic.[citation needed] ... Media related to Thoracoscopy at Wikimedia Commons (Articles with short description, Short description is different from ...
Lung surgery
Thoracoscopy was later used by surgeons to perform chest operations without open thoracotomy. However, the latter remains a ... A development of thoracoscopy, VATS utilizes small, high-resolution cameras which are inserted into the chest through small ... A breakthrough in minimally invasive lung surgery was also achieved in the form of thoracoscopy, developed by Hans Christian ... Bleb resections may be done via mini-thoracotomy or thoracoscopy. After inspection of the chest cavity, identified blebs are ...
Mukhtar Aliyev
Books by Mukhtar Aliyev: Arterial Plasticity in Combined Radiolesion (1979); Diagnostic and Surgical Thoracoscopy (1988); ...
Diaphragmatic rupture
Video-assisted thoracoscopy may be used. In most cases, isolated diaphragmatic rupture is associated with good outcome if it is ... Thoracoscopy is more reliable in detecting diaphragmatic tears than laparotomy and is especially useful when chronic ...
Laparoscopy
Arthroscopy, thoracoscopy, and cystoscopy are all performed in veterinary medicine today. There are a number of advantages to ... Inventor of Human Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy". Journal of Endourology. 20 (11): 848-850. doi:10.1089/end.2006.20.848. PMID ...
Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia
1910 in science
4 December 2006). "Hans Christian Jacobaeus: Inventor of Human Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy". Journal of Endourology. 20 (11): ...
Malignant pleural effusion
A Cochrane review concluded tentatively in favour of thoracoscopy to remove the fluid and blow talc into the pleural cavity ( ... Image guided biopsy and thoracoscopy have largely replaced blind biopsy due to their greater sensitivity and safety profile. CT ... "Predictors of pleural malignancy in patients with pleural effusion undergoing thoracoscopy". Chest. 127 (3): 1017-22. doi: ...
Pleurodesis
It is usually performed at the time of a diagnostic thoracoscopy.[citation needed] Povidone iodine is equally effective and ... may be performed via thoracotomy or thoracoscopy. This involves mechanically irritating the apical and the costal pleura, often ...
Pulmonary laceration
... is usually accompanied by hemoptysis (coughing up blood or of blood-stained sputum). Thoracoscopy may be ...
Hans Christian Jacobaeus
Jacobaeus was an important figure in regards to modern laparoscopy and thoracoscopy. In 1910 he is credited with performing the ... Journal of Endourology Hans Christian Jacobaeus: Inventor of Human Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy Minimally Invasive Surgery, ...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Hence, larger biopsies obtained surgically via a thoracotomy or thoracoscopy are usually necessary. Lung tissue from people ...
Mesothelioma
If the cancer is in the chest, the doctor may perform a thoracoscopy. In this procedure, the doctor makes a small cut through ... Thoracoscopy allows the doctor to look inside the chest and obtain tissue samples. Alternatively, the cardiothoracic surgeon ...
Nuss procedure
Bilateral Thoracoscopy: A Modified Nuss Repair in Adolescents". J. Pediatr. Surg. 37 (9): 1276-1280. doi:10.1053/jpsu. ...
Decortication
Since the early '90s this procedure has increasingly been performed using more minimally invasive thoracoscopy. All fibrous ...
Vertebral osteomyelitis
Lang, S; Loibl, M; Neumann, C; Alt, V (June 2021). "[Use of video-assisted thoracoscopy in dorsoventral stabilization of ...
Pleural cavity
Thoracoscopy has become the mainstay of invasive procedures as closed pleural biopsy has fallen into disuse. Diseases of the ...
Tuberculosis diagnosis
... including tissue biopsy during mediastinoscopy or thoracoscopy.[citation needed] Other mycobacteria are also acid-fast. If the ...
Congenital pulmonary airway malformation
... thoracoscopy). However, some CPAM patients live a full life without any complication or incident. It is hypothesized that there ...
Pneumothorax
A less invasive approach is thoracoscopy, usually in the form of a procedure called video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS ... A preventative procedure (thoracotomy or thoracoscopy with pleurodesis) may be recommended after an episode of pneumothorax, ...
Keertan Dheda
... and medical thoracoscopy. He received the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Scientific Award, and the ...
Raja M. Flores
Flores' areas of interest include lung cancer screening, thoracoscopy, VATS lobectomy, extrapleural pneumonectomy for ...
Antonio Lacy
... the first laparoscopic and thoracoscopy approach to oesophageal cancer, the first laparoscopic approach to live kidney donation ...
Pericardial cyst
... resection of a pericardial cyst was performed by Otto Pickhardt at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York using a thoracoscopy. In ...
Zhaire Smith
A month later in September, Smith went through a thoracoscopy due to an allergic reaction relating to ingesting sesame, which ...
Thoracic endometriosis
More invasive methods for obtaining a tissue diagnosis of thoracic endometriosis include video thoracoscopy (for pleural or ...
Esophageal atresia
... thoracoscopy) is being used at some centers. In a minority of cases, the gap between upper and lower esophageal segments may be ...
Thoracotomy
... after video-assisted thoracoscopy). List of surgeries by type "thoracotomy" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary Martin-Ucar A, ...
Julius Bruck
Jewish Encyclopedia The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal by Massachusetts Medical Society Thoracoscopy: Origins Revisited by ...
Minimaze procedure
Completely Endoscopic Microwave Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation on the Beating Heart Using Bilateral Thoracoscopy: The ...