Beyond diagnosis: a narrative review of the evolving therapeutic role of medical thoracoscopy in the management of pleural diseases

CONCLUSIONS: MT is an effective procedure for treating the clinical entities presented in this document; it must be carried out in selected patients, managed in centers with high procedural expertise. Further evidence is needed to assess the optimal indications and appropriate patients' profiles for therapeutic MT. The endpoints of length of hospital stay, surgical referral, complications and mortality will have to be considered in future studies to validate it as a therapeutic intervention to be applied globally.PMID:38617786 | PMC:PMC11009601 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-23-1745

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - April 15, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Alberto Fantin Nadia Castaldo Michelangelo Schwartzbaum Palou Giovanni Viterale Ernesto Crisafulli Giulia Sartori Filippo Patrucco Paolo Vailati Giuseppe Morana Federico Mei Lina Zuccatosta Vincenzo Patruno Source Type: research