Diagnostic thoracoscopy for pleural disease.
The most common use for diagnostic thoracoscopy in pleural disease is to clarify whether or not an effusion is malignant. General anesthesia with single-lung ventilation when combined with new endoscopic instrumentation produces a high diagnostic yield. These anesthetic and surgical techniques when used with talc pleurodesis yield a 90% success rate in treating benign and malignant pleural effusions.
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Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013627:Talc / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013690:Television; D013906:Thoracoscopy
D013627:Talc