The role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When a clinical context is indeterminate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), or a chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) pattern is not indicative of typical or probable usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), surgical lung biopsy should be considered to make a confident diagnosis on the basis of multidisciplinary diagnosis (MDD).

Aim

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role and safety of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in patients with ILD.

Methods

A total of 143 patients with ILD underwent VATS at Toho University Medical Center Omori Hospital between March 2004 and April 2017. We conducted a retrospective study on the usefulness and safety of VATS in the diagnosis of ILD under M

SUBMITTER: Sugino K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7247103 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature