Target audience
Pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons
Educational aims
The aim of this ERS course was to train in diagnostic and therapeutic interventional pulmonology. One third of the course was devoted to "hands-on" workshops and two-thirds to the theoretical aspects of bronchoscopy or thoracoscopy.
Pleural anatomy
D. Trousse (Marseille, France)
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Physiology of the pleural space
D. Negrini (Varese, Italy)
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Imaging the pleura: HRCT and PET scan – How relevant is it?
J.Y. Gaubert (Marseille, France)
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Percutaneous pleural biopsies
E. Roca (Brescia, Italy)
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Thoracoscopy by pulmonologist: an overview
P. Astoul (Marseille, France)
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Anesthesia for thoracoscopy
Ch.H. Marquette (Nice, France)
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Pleural effusions: role of thoracoscopy
P. Astoul (Marseille, France)
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Medical thoracoscopy: What is necessary to start (European point of view)
D. Breen (Galway, Ireland)
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Non-diagnostic thoracoscopy
M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
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PSP: a non-invasive and modern approach
Ch. Marquette (Nice, France)
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PSP: place for thoracoscopy
J.M. Tschopp (Montana, Switzerland)
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Thoracoscopy in short term hospitalisation
D. Breen (Galway, Ireland)
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New tools for thoracoscopy: Minithoracoscopy
G.F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
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New tools for thoracoscopy: ultrasound-guided thoracoscopy
G.F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
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Case presentations - interactive session
E. Roca (Brescia, Italy)
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Thoracoscopy and empyema
G.F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
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Flexi-rigid thoracoscopy: advantages and drawbacks
S. Laroumagne (Marseille, France)
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Pleural symphysis by talc through three important papers
P. Astoul (Marseille, France)
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Management of MPM: why thoracoscopy is so important to perform?
P. Astoul (Marseille, France)
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Complications of thoracoscopy
M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
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The future of medical thoracoscopy
Ph. Astoul (Marseille, France)
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