title: [Role of clinical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of pleuropulmonary cancer].
abstract: Pleuro-pulmonary cancer has a place of choice in medical thoracoscopy. From the diagnostic point of view, this technique, performed under local anesthesia leads to the diagnosis of neoplastic effusion in most cases in the shortest possible time. It improves therapeutic efficacy and especially demonstrates as resectable tumours which could have been declared inoperable. For pleurodesis, pleural talc insufflation under thoracoscopy seems to be the best available technique. Complications are rare with a well-trained operator, as long as he keeps in mind the contraindications of this technique which should be taught to future pneumologists.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital de Warquignies, Boussu, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Robience
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011031:Pneumothorax, Artificial; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*