From: Safety and complications of medical thoracoscopy in the management of pleural diseases
Variable | Value |
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Age (years) | |
Mean (±standard deviation) | 51 (±8.4) |
Range | 21–86 |
Gender | |
Male | 1117 (58.0) |
Female | 809 (42.0) |
Affected side | |
Left | 770 (40.0) |
Right | 1102 (57.2) |
Bilateral | 54 (2.8) |
Operation of medical thoracoscopy | |
Diagnostic procedure | 662 (34.4) |
Therapeutic procedure | 1264 (65.6) |
Pleurodesis | 358 (28.3) |
Adhesiolysis | 517 (40.9) |
Pleural decortication of empyema* | 125 (9.9) |
Bulla electrocoagulation | 264 (20.9) |
Types of instruments | |
Rigid medical thoracoscopy | 1586 (82.4) |
Semi-rigid medical thoracoscopy | 340 (17.6) |