...ion=Comprehensive guide to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and thoracoscopy for malignant pleural mesothelioma — diagnostic yield, staging accuracy, th
...s, pleural biopsy, VATS pleurectomy decortication, MesoVATS trial, medical thoracoscopy, pleuroscopy, mesothelioma staging, port-site metastasis, SMART trial, PIT
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...psy procedures including thoracentesis, CT-guided core needle biopsy, VATS thoracoscopy, laparoscopy, mediastinoscopy, and open surgical biopsy with accuracy data,
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| style="padding:10px; border-bottom:1px solid #dee2e6;" | Thoracoscopy (90-95%)
...oach combining advanced imaging ('''CT, PET/CT, MRI'''), tissue biopsy via thoracoscopy or CT-guided needle biopsy, and a panel of '''immunohistochemistry (IHC) ma
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* '''Thoracoscopic biopsy vs cytology diagnostic accuracy''' — thoracoscopy achieves 91.5% sensitivity for mesothelioma diagnosis compared to 45.1% for
By contrast, thoracoscopy with pleural biopsy achieves a pooled sensitivity of 91.5% (95% CI, 87.1–95
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...ith talc poudrage and indwelling pleural catheter insertion versus medical thoracoscopy with talc poudrage alone (TACTIC)], The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (2026).
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...oma.net</ref> Diagnosis requires tissue biopsy, typically obtained through thoracoscopy or CT-guided needle biopsy, with immunohistochemical staining to differenti
* [[#Thoracoscopy|Thoracoscopy]]
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* '''Thoracoscopy:''' Camera-assisted biopsy of pleura
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...or definitive diagnosis. Depending on the suspected type, this may involve thoracoscopy (video-assisted thoracic surgery, or VATS) for pleural cases, laparoscopy f
...st X-ray, CT scan, PET scan) to identify abnormalities, tissue biopsy (via thoracoscopy, laparoscopy, or CT-guided needle biopsy) to obtain a tissue sample, and im
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* '''Chemical pleurodesis:''' Sterile talc via chest drain or thoracoscopy; success rates 70-96%
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...chest tube (talc slurry pleurodesis) or as a dry powder insufflated during thoracoscopy (talc poudrage), with poudrage generally achieving slightly higher success
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...cally used a single intrapleural infusion through a catheter placed during thoracoscopy. The vector is instilled into the pleural space where it comes into direct
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...y of only approximately 30–50%. The preferred biopsy approaches include '''thoracoscopy''' (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, or VATS), which allows direct vis
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| style="padding:12px;" | VATS, thoracoscopy, needle biopsy
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* '''Thoracoscopy (VATS)''' — camera-guided surgical procedure to obtain pleural tissue sampl
...larger biopsy.''' If initial results are inconclusive, a surgical biopsy (thoracoscopy or laparoscopy) provides more tissue for analysis than a needle biopsy.
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