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. 2011 Apr 13;7(290):792-4, 796-7.

[Medical thoracoscopy]

[Article in French]
Jean-Marie Schnyder  1 , Jean-Marie Tschopp
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  • PMID: 21595308

[Medical thoracoscopy]

[Article in French]
Jean-Marie Schnyder et al. Rev Med Suisse. .

Abstract

Medical thoracoscopy (MT) remains a mini-invasive and very efficient technique to diagnose pleural diseases. In case of pleural effusion of unknown etiology its diagnostic yield is higher than 90%. MT also allows to perform cheap and successful pleurodesis by simple talc insufflation in case of recurring pneumothorax and invalidating malignant pleural effusion with very poor quality of life despite repeated thoracocentes.

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