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Local Anesthetic Thoracoscopy: A Focus on Indications, Techniques and Complications

2024; Elsevier BV; Volume: 60; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.arbres.2024.04.019

1885-6195

Michele Piazzolla, Cosimo Carlo De Pace, José M. Porcel, Pasquale Tondo,

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

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.