Current Status of Medical Pleuroscopy

Andrew R L Medford; Jonathan A. Bennett; Catherine M. Free; Sanjay Agrawal

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2009.10.001

Current Status of Medical Pleuroscopy

Andrew R L Medford^*, Jonathan A. Bennett, Catherine M. Free, Sanjay Agrawal

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Bristol Medical School (THS)

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Abstract

Medical pleuroscopy (MP) offers a safe and minimally invasive tool for interventional pulmonologists. It allows diagnosis of unexplained effusion, while at the same time allowing drainage and pleurodesis. It can also help in the diagnosis of diffuse interstitial disease or associated peripheral lung abnormality in the presence of effusion. It can have a therapeutic role in pneumothorax and hyperhidrosis or chronic pancreatic pain. This article reviews the technical aspects and range of applications of MP.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-172
Number of pages	8
Journal	Clinics in chest medicine
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2009.10.001
Publication status	Published - Mar 2010

Keywords

Malignancy
Medical pleuroscopy
Pleural effusion
Pleural infection
Pleurodesis
Pneumothorax

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