Explore: Thoracoscopy

Thoracoscopy is a medical procedure involving internal examination, biopsy and/or resection/drainage of disease or masses within the pleural cavity, usually

those that were spayed with traditional "open" methods. Arthroscopy, thoracoscopy, and cystoscopy are all performed in veterinary medicine today. There

called a mini-thoracotomy (not to be confused with the minimally invasive thoracoscopy). The purpose of thoracotomy is to gain direct-vision access to intrathoracic

(laparoscopy) The interior of a joint (arthroscopy) Organs of the chest (thoracoscopy and mediastinoscopy) Endoscopy is used for many procedures: During pregnancy

relieve the most common symptom, dyspnea, as this can be quite disabling. Thoracoscopy has become the mainstay of invasive procedures as closed pleural biopsy

symptomatic patients. It is usually performed at the time of a diagnostic thoracoscopy.[citation needed] Povidone iodine is equally effective and safe as talc

procedure has increasingly been performed using more minimally invasive thoracoscopy. All fibrous tissue is removed from the visceral pleural peel and pus

on right side of the baby, a technique using three small incisions (thoracoscopy) is being used at some centers. In a minority of cases, the gap between

examining the nasal cavity, sinuses and pharynx (otorhinolaryngology) Thoracoscopy, for examining a pleural cavity (cardiothoracics) Ureteroscopy, for examining

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery Diagram showing video assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) MeSH D020775 [edit on Wikidata]