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Vol. 60. Issue 7.
Pages 423-430 (July 2024)
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Vol. 60. Issue 7.
Pages 423-430 (July 2024)
Review Article
Local Anesthetic Thoracoscopy: A Focus on Indications, Techniques and Complications
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Michele Piazzollaa,b, Cosimo C. De Pacea,c,
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, José M. Porceld,1, Pasquale Tondoa,c,1
a Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
b Thoracic Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
c Department of Specialistic Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Policlinico of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
d Pleural Medicine Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain
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The main purpose of this narrative review is to educate general practitioners about a crucial pleural procedure, namely local anesthetic thoracoscopy (LAT), and to provide established respiratory physicians with an expert opinion-based summary of the literature. This narrative review focuses on the indications, technical aspects and complications of LAT, highlighting its safety and high degree of diagnostic sensitivity for patients who present with an unexplained pleural effusion and have a high pre-test probability of cancer.

Keywords:
Local anesthetic thoracoscopy
Medical thoracoscopy
Pleuroscopy
Malignant pleural effusion
LAT

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