Application of ultrasound-guided medical thoracoscopy in patients with small amounts or without pleural effusion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pleural disease is a common clinical condition, and some patients present with a small amount of pleural effusion or no pleural effusion. It is difficult to diagnose such patients in clinical practice. Medical thoracoscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of pleural effusion with unknown origin, and guidelines recommend that pneumothorax should be induced in such patients before medical thoracoscopy examination. However, the process of inducing pneumothorax is tedious and has many complications. Our study was conducted to clarify the value of thoracic ultrasound combined with medical thoracoscopy in patients with small amounts or without pleural effusion to simplify the process of medical thoracoscopy examination.

Methods

In this retrospective study, we incl

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797946 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature