A Cervical Approach to Investigating Pleural Disease

Single-dose antimicrobial prophylaxis in transoral surgical lung biopsy: a preliminary experience

“…Studies have shown the feasibility of transoral endoscopic surgery for animals and in clinical practice. For example, Fowkes et al [7] reported the feasibility of evaluating and diagnosing pleural disease using a single cervical incision in 15 patients. Karakas et al [8] reported the safety of the transoral method for partial parathyroidectomy in a 37-year-old woman with primary hyperparathyroidism.…”

L’endoscope souple : nouvel instrument en chirurgie thoracique ?

“…La chirurgie thoracique mini-invasive continue d'évoluer. De nouvelles voies d'abord ont étés décrites notamment la chirurgie thoracique par voie cervicale où des interventions diagnostiques, voire même d'exérèse (lobectomie supérieure droite) ont été réalisées au travers d'une incision cervicale unique [1,2]. Néanmoins, la rigidité des instruments classiques représente un frein au développe-ment de leurs applications.…”

Videothoracoscopy in pleural effusions: A review of 41 cases

“…The fields of its diagnostic usage include pleural effusions with unknown etiology, interstitial lung diseases, undefined lung nodules, mediastinal lymph node sampling and biopsies of mediastinal masses. VATS has also a wide range of treatment use such as ligation of bullae, thoracal sympathectomy, esophagial surgical interventions, mediastinal mass resection and pericardiectomy (Landreneau et al, 1994;Fowkers et al, 2009). The unique absolute contraindication of the procedure is the absence of pleural space.…”