title: Diagnostic and therapeutic uses of pleuroscopy (thoracoscopy) in lung cancer.
abstract: Pleuroscopy (thoracoscopy) is a simple procedure to perform that has both diagnostic and therapeutic utility. With a diagnostic accuracy of 90 per cent, it should be readily performed by surgeons who treat patients with lung cancer. A well-performed pleuroscopy may spare many patients the morbidity of an unnecessary thoracotomy.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects