Diagnosis and treatment of pleural cavity disease in children with thoracoscope / 中国实用儿科杂志

ABSTRACT

Thoracoscopy has a high diagnostic and therapeutic value in adult pleural cavity diseases and it is safe and effective. However,in our country thoracoscopy is applied in children later and the experience is less than in the adult. Thoracoscopy is mainly used for the diagnosis and treatment of the children's pleural cavity diseases,such as pyothorax,tuberculous pleurisy,pneumothorax, hemothorax,chylothorax,pleural cavity mass,and pleural cavity foreign body,et al. This paper introduces the classification and development history of thoracoscopy and its clinical application in children with pleural cavity diseases.