Investigation of Idiopathic Pleural Effusions by Thoracoscopy

Thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of pleural effusion.

“…We collected information on the technique from the following authors: Matson (1936), Lloyd (1953, Delarue and Depierre (1956), Fleishman et al (1956), Touraine (1960), Lageze et al (1960, Roche et al (1963), Decamp (1966), Sattler (1968). Brandt and Mai (1971), Decamp et al (1973), Senno et al (1974), and Lewis et al (1976).…”

Thoracoscopic and video-assisted thoracoscopic operations

“…In some countries, respiratory physicians have been the main exponents of thoracoscopy for a number of years, principally in its diagnostic capacity [5][6][7][8], and it is they who have kept thoracoscopy in the limelight The contribution of two eminent physicians in this issue of the Journal [9] serve to illustrate this. However, this is not to say that thoracic surgeons abandoned thoracoscopy altogether.…”

Subclavian Lymph Node, Pleural and Pulmonary Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Intra-Thoracic Disease

“…Fleishchman et al 6 have recently sought to obtain this information by thoracoscopy, but as they admit positive results with equal frequency from both parietal and visceral pleura there appears to be little advantage in this manoeuvre over the simpler one we employ.…”