Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience
Medical thoracoscopy has gain its popularity in Malaysia recently. This paper presents our early experience in thoracoscopy using semi-rigid fiberoptic thoracoscope. All thoracoscopy records since October 2006 were retrieved. The patients’ records, thoracocentesis investigations results, thorac...
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| author | Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn H, Hasmah Harun, Norra Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi |
| author_facet | Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn H, Hasmah Harun, Norra Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi |
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| description | Medical thoracoscopy has gain its popularity in Malaysia
recently. This paper presents our early experience in
thoracoscopy using semi-rigid fiberoptic thoracoscope. All
thoracoscopy records since October 2006 were retrieved. The
patients’ records, thoracocentesis investigations results,
thoracoscopic findings and all pleural biopsy results were
reviewed. Twenty-four thoracoscopic procedures on 22
patients in whom two patients had repeated thoracoscopy.
Ten patients were confirmed carcinoma. Eight patients had
inconclusive thoracoscopic pleural biopsy results. Three
patients underwent pleurodesis for malignant effusion. One
patient had adhesiolysis for empyema. There was no
procedure-related deaths or intraoperative accidents.
Thoracoscopy is a relatively safe procedure. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:60462011-11-21T18:05:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6046/ Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn H, Hasmah Harun, Norra Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi RC Internal medicine Medical thoracoscopy has gain its popularity in Malaysia recently. This paper presents our early experience in thoracoscopy using semi-rigid fiberoptic thoracoscope. All thoracoscopy records since October 2006 were retrieved. The patients’ records, thoracocentesis investigations results, thoracoscopic findings and all pleural biopsy results were reviewed. Twenty-four thoracoscopic procedures on 22 patients in whom two patients had repeated thoracoscopy. Ten patients were confirmed carcinoma. Eight patients had inconclusive thoracoscopic pleural biopsy results. Three patients underwent pleurodesis for malignant effusion. One patient had adhesiolysis for empyema. There was no procedure-related deaths or intraoperative accidents. Thoracoscopy is a relatively safe procedure. Malaysian Medical Associations 2008-10 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6046/2/Transbronchial_Needle_Aspiration_of_Mediastinal_Lymph.pdf Ng, Teck Han and How, Soon Hin and Kuan, Yeh Chunn and H, Hasmah and Harun, Norra and Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi (2008) Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 63 (4). pp. 298-301. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19385488 |
| spellingShingle | RC Internal medicine Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn H, Hasmah Harun, Norra Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience |
| title | Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience |
| title_full | Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience |
| title_fullStr | Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience |
| title_short | Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience |
| title_sort | medical thoracoscopy pahang experience |
| topic | RC Internal medicine |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/6046/2/Transbronchial_Needle_Aspiration_of_Mediastinal_Lymph.pdf |
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