A procedure that can help spot lung cancer early is now available at a hospital, saving patients long trips out of a county.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...