Annual Congress Barcelona 2010

Saturday, 18.09.2010
Sunday, 19.09.2010
Monday, 20.09.2010
Tuesday, 21.09.2010
Wednesday, 22.09.2010

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, abstract number.

Material from 2010:

4910 Abstracts
646 Slide presentations
250 Webcasts
97 Handouts
2124 e-posters
250 Multimedia files

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Centennial Symposium: 100 years of thoracoscopy

Symposium
Chairs: R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany), F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Aims: After this session, the audience will :
- know the history of 100 years of thoracoscopy;
- know the place of thoracoscopy in the diagnostic workup of pleural effusions;
- have had update on the place of thoracoscopy in pleurodesis, pneumothorax, empyema, and sympathectomy
- knows about surgical indications for thoracoscopy

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100 years of thoracoscopy, developments since Jacobeus G. Tassi (Gussago, Italy)
Thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatmnet of malignant pleural effusion J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
The surgeon's view on thoracoscopy and thoracoscopic surgery G. Cardillo (Rome, Italy)