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toracoscopia

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Thoracoscopy is a medical procedure involving internal examination, biopsy and/or resection/drainage of disease or masses within the pleural cavity, usually with video assistance. Thoracoscopy may be performed either under general anaesthesia or under sedation with local anaesthetic.

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Medical intervention.Name
Thoracoscopy
Medical intervention.Image
Video assisted thoracoscopy of mediastinal tumor.png
Medical intervention.Caption
Thoracoscopic views of a huge mediastinal lymphangioma before surgery.
Medical intervention.specialty
pulmonary
Medical intervention.MeshID
D013906
Medical intervention.OPS301
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endoscopy
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Commons category
Thoracoscopy
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Article · Italiano

La toracoscopia è una tecnica di chirurgia mini-invasiva che consente l'esplorazione visiva del cavo pleurico.

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