Pleural disease is a common presentation and spans a heterogeneous population across
broad disease entities; a common feature is the requirement for interventional procedures …

Medical thoracoscopy (or pleuroscopy; MT) is a commonly performed diagnostic and
therapeutic procedure in which the pleural space is visualized using a thoracoscope. It is …

Introduction Developing a feasible and accurate means of evaluating pleural pathology has
been an ongoing effort for over 150 years. Pleural fluid cellular and biomarker analyses are …

Pleural disease diagnostics represent a sprawling topic that has enjoyed a renaissance in
recent years from humble beginnings. Whilst pleural patients are heterogeneous as a …

Introduction Pleural lesions may have heterogeneous presentation and causes. In recent
years, there have been significant advances in pleural lesions diagnostics. The aim of this …

Introduction Cryobiopsy is a novel diagnostic technique for thoracic diseases, which has
been extensively investigated over the past 20 years. It was originally proposed for the …

Background: Medical thoracoscopy (MT) is a useful diagnostic and therapeutic procedure for
a variety of pleural conditions. There is a lack of literature on prevalent practices of MT in …

Methods Pertinent literature published in English, relative to human studies, between 2010–
2022 was searched in Medline/PubMed and Cochrane databases. Publications regarded as …

This article summarizes the clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant
pleural effusion (MPE) sponsored by the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (SECT). Ten …

Background Medical thoracoscopy (semi-rigid and rigid thoracoscopy) have revolutionized
the management of undiagnosed pleural effusions. Though semi-rigid thoracoscopy has a …