Safety and Diagnostic Yield of Medical Pleuroscopy (MP) Performed under Balanced Analgosedation by a Pneumological Team Compared to Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS): A Retrospective Controlled Real-Life Study (TORAPO)

Safety and Diagnostic Yield of Medical Pleuroscopy (MP) Performed under Balanced Analgosedation by a Pneumological Team Compared to Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS): A Retrospective Controlled Real-Life Study (TORAPO)

Introduction: Medical pleuroscopy (MP) is an invasive technique that provides access to the pleural space with a rigid or semi-rigid work instrument, allowing for visualization and the obtaining of bioptic pleural samples. Using pulmonologist-based analgosedation to perform pleuroscopy is still deba...

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Main Authors: Valentino Allocca, Luca Guidelli, Angela Galgano, Lucia Benedetti, Roberto Fabbroni, Andrea Bianco, Piero Paladini, Raffaele Scala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
medical pleuroscopy
toracoscopy
diagnostic yield
analgosedation
propofol
pulmonologist
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/6/569

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