Documentation
12 Documentation Documentation of the procedure is essential since it not only provides the information to colleagues—chest physicians, oncologists, pathologists, thoracic surgeons, and others—but it is also a permanent part of…
Differences between Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy and Surgical Thoracoscopy/Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery
2 Differences between Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy and Surgical Thoracoscopy/Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery As already explained in Chapter 1, two different techniques have emerged, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy (MT/ P). VATS…
Complications and Their Prevention
9 Complications and Their Prevention Medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy (MT/P) is a safe and effective modality in the diagnosis and treatment of several pleuropulmonary diseases if certain standard criteria are fulfilled. Complications of…
Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy in Research
6 Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy in Research Medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy (MT/P) is a valuable tool for research in pleural diseases. It allows macroscopic inspection of the whole pleural cavity, including the surface of the…
Clinical Prerequisites for Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy
7 Clinical Prerequisites for Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy Medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy (MT/P) should be considered an invasive procedure that the chest physician should use only when other, simpler methods fail to yield a diagnosis…
Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy in Animals
5 Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy in Animals Thoracoscopy in animals relates to three different topics: use for diagnosis and treatment in animals, use for research in animals, and use for teaching of the…
Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy in Children
4 Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy in Children Indications for medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy (MT/P) in children are rare, and there are only a few publications. Rodgers and Talbert, pediatric surgeons, were the first who reported…
Taking Control: Battling Obesity through Dietary Change and Stress Management
Chapter Nine Taking Control: Battling Obesitythrough Dietary Changeand Stress Management As we have discussed in previous chapters, obesity is epidemic in the US and abroad. Obesity and obesity-related illness account…
Empowering Women to Take Control
Chapter Twelve Empowering Women to Take Control Heart disease in women claims more lives than all types of cancer combined. Each year more than 600,000 patients die of heart disease…
Gender Differences in Disease Manifestation and Presentation
Chapter Two Gender Differences in Disease Manifestation and Presentation Men and women manifest chronic diseases in predictable ways. We are, of course, of the same species and composed of the…
