Thoracic Key

Philippe Astoul, GianFranco Tassi and Jean-Marie Tschopp (eds.)Thoracoscopy for Pulmonologists2014A Didactic Approach10.1007/978-3-642-38351-9_18© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 18. The Frontier of Medical Thoracoscopy Philippe Astoul1  , GianFranco Tassi2   and Jean-Marie Tschopp3   (1) Division of Thoracic Oncology, Pleural Diseases, and Interventional Pulmonology,…

Preferred anaesthesia Indication for thoracoscopy Local anaesthesia Undiagnosed pleural effusion Pleural biopsy Local or general anaesthesia Spontaneous pneumothorax Empyema (early stage) Bullectomy Chemical pleurodesis Pulmonary biopsy (forceps) General anaesthesia Sympatholysis…