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[Video-assisted thoracoscopy in diagnosis and therapy of intrathoracic diseases]. 1997

R Rieger, and W Wayand

II. Chirurgische Abteilung und Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für laparoskopische Chirugie, Allgemein öffentliches Krankenhaus der Stadt Linz.

Video-assisted thoracoscopy has become an important adjunct to traditional thoracic surgical techniques for the diagnosis and therapy of numerous intrathoracic diseases. It has developed to the procedure of choice for patients with spontaneous pneumothorax, indeterminate peripheral lung nodule, diffuse lung disease, pleural disease and effusion and is a valuable alternative to traditional thoracotomy for various indications like the resection of benign intrathoracic tumors and cysts. Although video-assisted thoracoscopy is not recommended for curative therapy of malignancies, it can be useful for the diagnosis, staging and palliation of malignant disease. Video-assisted thoracoscopy should be performed only by surgeons with sufficient experience in thoracic surgery in institutions where adequate prerequisites are available. The clinical impact of video-assisted thoracoscopy is documented by the fact that in centers approximately 20 to 30% of all thoracic surgical procedures currently are performed with this new technique.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011785	Quality Assurance, Health Care	Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.	Quality Assessment, Health Care,Health Care Quality Assessment,Health Care Quality Assurance,Healthcare Quality Assessment,Healthcare Quality Assurance,Quality Assessment, Healthcare,Quality Assurance, Healthcare,Assessment, Healthcare Quality,Assessments, Healthcare Quality,Assurance, Healthcare Quality,Assurances, Healthcare Quality,Healthcare Quality Assessments,Healthcare Quality Assurances,Quality Assessments, Healthcare,Quality Assurances, Healthcare
D004867	Equipment Design	Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware.	Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013896	Thoracic Diseases	Disorders affecting the organs of the thorax.	Disease, Thoracic,Diseases, Thoracic,Thoracic Disease
D013899	Thoracic Neoplasms	New abnormal growth of tissue in the THORAX.	Neoplasm, Thoracic,Neoplasms, Thoracic,Thoracic Neoplasm
D014741	Video Recording	The storing or preserving of video signals to be played back later via a transmitter or receiver.	Audiovisual Recording,Videorecording,Audiovisual Recordings,Recording, Audiovisual,Recording, Video,Recordings, Audiovisual,Recordings, Video,Video Recordings,Videorecordings
D019723	Endoscopes	Instruments for the visual examination of interior structures of the body. There are rigid endoscopes and flexible fiberoptic endoscopes for various types of viewing in ENDOSCOPY.	Endoscope
D020708	Thoracoscopes	Endoscopes for examining the pleural cavity.	Pleuroscopes,Pleuroscope,Thoracoscope