Courses

Skills Course on Medical Thoracoscopy

Target audience

Pulmonologists, clinicians, surgeons, trainees, thoracic surgeons.

Educational aims

  • Thoracoscopy in the management of different lung diseases
  • The respective benefits of surgical and medical thoracoscopy
  • Complications of thoracoscopy

Molecular pathology of the pleura
G. Karpathiou (Saint-Priest en Jarez, France)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Value of pleural puncture in pleural effusions
E. Manali (Haidari, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Value of blind and image-guided biopsy in pleural effusions
E. Manali (Haidari, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
What we need to start thoracoscopy
M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Chest ultra-sound in pleural disease
G.F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
PDF journal article, handout or slides
PDF journal article, handout or slides
Anaesthesia for thoracoscopy
J.M. Tschopp (Crans-Montana, Switzerland)
PDF journal article, handout or slides
PDF journal article, handout or slides
Minithoracoscopy
G.F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
PDF journal article, handout or slides
PDF journal article, handout or slides
Complications of thoracoscopy
D. Spyratos (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Management of malignant pleural mesothelioma
M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Thoracoscopy in the management of pleural infection
G.F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
PDF journal article, handout or slides
PDF journal article, handout or slides
Management of pneumothorax by medical thoracoscopy
J.M. Tschopp (Crans-Montana, Switzerland)
PDF journal article, handout or slides
PDF journal article, handout or slides
Pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion
D. Spyratos (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Surgical or medical thoracoscopy?
D. Mikroulis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Post procedure and follow-up
M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Thoracoscopy appearances: similarities and diversities
M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation