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. 2014 Oct;6(Suppl 4):S383-91.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.06.

The role for medical thoracoscopy in pneumothorax

Scott Parrish  1 , Robert F Browning  1 , J Francis Turner Jr  1 , Konstantinos Zarogoulidis  1 , Ioanna Kougioumtzi  1 , Georgios Dryllis  1 , Ioannis Kioumis  1 , Georgia Pitsiou  1 , Nikolaos Machairiotis  1 , Nikolaos Katsikogiannis  1 , Theodora Tsiouda  1 , Athanasios Madesis  1 , Theodoros Karaiskos  1 , Paul Zarogoulidis  1
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Review

The role for medical thoracoscopy in pneumothorax

Scott Parrish et al. J Thorac Dis. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Pneumothorax is a life threatening situation that requires fast treatment. There are two major classifications: Primary and Secondary. Staging of pneumothorax is also very important for treatment. Treatment of pneumont can be performed either from thoracic surgeons, or pulmonary physicians. In our current work we provide up-to-date information regarding pneumothorax classification, staging and treatment from the point of view of expert pulmonary physicians.

Keywords: Pneumothorax; intervention; medical thoracoscopy.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Thoracoscopic view of air in the pleural space.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Jacobaeus demonstrating the thoracoscopic approach (c. 1920). [Marchetti GP, Pinelli V, Tassi GF. 100 years of thoracoscopy: historical notes. Respiration 2011;82:187-92. Copyright © 2011 (or other relevant year) Karger Publishers, Basel, Switzerland].
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Figure 3
Pleural metastasis in (A) white-light mode and (B) florescence mode. (Plikin O, Filonenko E, Mironenko D, et al. Fluorescence thoracoscopy in the detection of pleural malignancy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2012;41:649-52. By permission of Oxford University Press).
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Figure 4
Pig-tail catheter inserted in pleural space for delivery of sclerosant for pleurodesis.
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Figure 5
Thoracoscopic image of apical blebs in patient with spontaneous pneumothorax. [Ng CS, Rocco G, Yim AP. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) pleurodesis for pneumothorax. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2005;2005:mmcts.2004.000349. By permission of Oxford University Press, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery].
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