Clinicians frequently rely on expert opinions, which are sometimes later disproven by randomised controlled trials (RCTs). For example, intrapleural streptokinase was commonplace until the MIST-1 ...

PATIENTS in north Cumbria can now access specialist lung procedures closer to home. Cumberland Infirmary, this month, carried out its first medical Thoracoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure used to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early medical thoracoscopy for patients with multiloculated pleural infection and empyema was safe and shortened ...

A new medical procedure is now being delivered in North Cumbria. Patients can now undergo thoracoscopy at the Cumberland Infirmary instead of travelling to Newcastle. According to the NHS, the ...

For the diagnosis of people with pleural effusion, an initial image-assisted Abrams needle biopsy (IA-ANPB) can match medical thoracoscopy (MT) in diagnostic accuracy in some cases, a small randomized ...

• Our study demonstrates that compared to the conventional approach using one-lung ventilation (OLV) with double-lumen endotracheal intubation, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for primary ...