an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
Examples of 'thoracoscope' in a sentence
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We performed thoracoscopy in 129 cases of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusionsusing rigid thoracoscope.
Chetan Basavaraj Patil, Ramakant Dixit, Rakesh Gupta, Neeraj Gupta, Varna Indushekar 2016, 'Thoracoscopic evaluation of 129 cases having undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions',Lung Indiahttp://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2016;volume=33;issue=5;spage=502;epage=506;aulast=Patil. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It could augment the diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscope.
Lamia H. Shaaban, Yousef Ahmed 2012, 'Value of thoracoscopic pleural brush in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion',Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763812000751. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The diagnostic yield of flexible thoracoscope and that of rigid thoracoscope was 80% (32/40) and 95% (38/40), respectively.
Mostafa Mahmoud Abdel Mageid Shaheen, Ahmad Youssef Shaaban, Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud,Amal AbdElAziz Shaaban, Rania Ahmad Sweed 2014, 'The diagnostic role of thoracoscope in undiagnosed pleural effusion: Rigid versusflexible', Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814000715. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All patients submitted for medical thoracoscope, where forceps biopsy and pleural brush specimens were taken for all patients.
Lamia H. Shaaban, Yousef Ahmed 2012, 'Value of thoracoscopic pleural brush in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion',Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763812000751. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)