In a retrospective study the results of medical thoracoscopy in 147 @entity1 were reviewed; 136 of the @entity1 had @entity1143 and 11 @entity1 had @entity358 . All the pleural exudates were initially screened three times successively and found to be sterile and without @entity5 cells. All thoracoscopies were performed with local anaesthesia, with the 'open technique', and nine different doctors performed the thoracoscopies. The overall diagnostic sensitivity was 90.4%. The results demonstrated 62% with @entity5 , and 38% revealed benign @entity456 , among them 2% with @entity378 . The sensitivity for @entity5 was found to be 88% and the specificity 96%. The most common primary @entity2 with involvement of the pleura was the @entity420 (62%), and the most common @entity5 originated from the breast (28%). The sensitivity for @entity378 was 100% and the specificity 100%. No mortality was found, and the morbidity was low at about 0.6% ( @entity3509 , @entity11941 , transcutaneous growth of @entity5 ( @entity2615 )). In 64% of the @entity1 the thoracoscopy resulted in treatment (pleurodesis, antituberculous treatment, chemotherapy and peroral @entity134 therapy). The medical diagnostic thoracoscopy in local anaesthesia is a simple, low-cost investigation with a relatively high diagnostic accuracy, no mortality and a low morbidity.

Medical thoracoscopy, results and complications in 146 XXXX : a retrospective study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1143 :: ('MESH:D010996', 'Disease') :: ['pleural effusion'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['metastatic tumour', 'malignancy of the pleura', 'malignancy', 'tumour'] @entity2 :: ('MESH:D008175', 'Disease') :: ['lung cancer'] @entity3509 :: ('MESH:D004653', 'Disease') :: ['empyema'] @entity2615 :: ('MESH:D008654', 'Disease') :: ['mesothelioma'] @entity134 :: ('CHEBI:35341', 'Chemical') :: ['steroid'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['diffuse pulmonary infiltration'] @entity378 :: ('MESH:D014376', 'Disease') :: ['tuberculosis'] @entity420 :: ('MESH:D000230', 'Disease') :: ['adenocarcinoma'] @entity11941 :: ('MESH:D017577', 'Disease') :: ['pleuro-cutaneous fistula'] @entity456 :: ('MESH:D010995', 'Disease') :: ['pleural diseases']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
