Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience

Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience

Medical thoracoscopy has gain its popularity in Malaysia recently. This paper presents our early experience in thoracoscopy using semi-rigid fiberoptic thoracoscope. All thoracoscopy records since October 2006 were retrieved. The patients’ records, thoracocentesis investigations results, thorac...

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Main Authors: Ng, Teck Han, How, Soon Hin, Kuan, Yeh Chunn, H, Hasmah, Harun, Norra, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Medical Associations 2008
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RC Internal medicine
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spelling iium-60462011-11-21T18:05:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6046/ Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience Ng, Teck Han How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn H, Hasmah Harun, Norra Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi RC Internal medicine Medical thoracoscopy has gain its popularity in Malaysia recently. This paper presents our early experience in thoracoscopy using semi-rigid fiberoptic thoracoscope. All thoracoscopy records since October 2006 were retrieved. The patients’ records, thoracocentesis investigations results, thoracoscopic findings and all pleural biopsy results were reviewed. Twenty-four thoracoscopic procedures on 22 patients in whom two patients had repeated thoracoscopy. Ten patients were confirmed carcinoma. Eight patients had inconclusive thoracoscopic pleural biopsy results. Three patients underwent pleurodesis for malignant effusion. One patient had adhesiolysis for empyema. There was no procedure-related deaths or intraoperative accidents. Thoracoscopy is a relatively safe procedure. Malaysian Medical Associations 2008-10 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6046/2/Transbronchial_Needle_Aspiration_of_Mediastinal_Lymph.pdf Ng, Teck Han and How, Soon Hin and Kuan, Yeh Chunn and H, Hasmah and Harun, Norra and Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi (2008) Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 63 (4). pp. 298-301. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19385488
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language English
topic RC Internal medicine
spellingShingle RC Internal medicine
Ng, Teck Han
How, Soon Hin
Kuan, Yeh Chunn
H, Hasmah
Harun, Norra
Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience
description Medical thoracoscopy has gain its popularity in Malaysia recently. This paper presents our early experience in thoracoscopy using semi-rigid fiberoptic thoracoscope. All thoracoscopy records since October 2006 were retrieved. The patients’ records, thoracocentesis investigations results, thoracoscopic findings and all pleural biopsy results were reviewed. Twenty-four thoracoscopic procedures on 22 patients in whom two patients had repeated thoracoscopy. Ten patients were confirmed carcinoma. Eight patients had inconclusive thoracoscopic pleural biopsy results. Three patients underwent pleurodesis for malignant effusion. One patient had adhesiolysis for empyema. There was no procedure-related deaths or intraoperative accidents. Thoracoscopy is a relatively safe procedure.
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author Ng, Teck Han
How, Soon Hin
Kuan, Yeh Chunn
H, Hasmah
Harun, Norra
Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
author_facet Ng, Teck Han
How, Soon Hin
Kuan, Yeh Chunn
H, Hasmah
Harun, Norra
Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
author_sort Ng, Teck Han
title Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience
title_short Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience
title_full Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience
title_fullStr Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience
title_full_unstemmed Medical thoracoscopy: Pahang experience
title_sort medical thoracoscopy: pahang experience
publisher Malaysian Medical Associations
publishDate 2008
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/6046/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/6046/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/6046/2/Transbronchial_Needle_Aspiration_of_Mediastinal_Lymph.pdf
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