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Thoracoscopy: An Old Technique for a Modern Work-Up of the Pleural Cavity

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Internal exploration of a living (human) body – endoscopy, from the Greek endo (inside) and skopein (to observe with care) – was always the aspiration of physicians. However, until the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was simply not possible to perform – through a lack of scientific knowledge and unavailability of appropriate instruments.

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  1. Division of Pneumology, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Gian Pietro Marchetti & GianFranco Tassi

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  1. Pleural Diseases Interventional Pulmonology, Hôpital Nord Division of Thoracic Oncology, Marseille cedex 20, France

    Philippe Astoul

  2. Divisione di Pneumologia, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia (BS), Italy

    GianFranco Tassi

  3. Département de Médecine Interne, Centre valaisan de pneumologie, CHCVs, Montana, Switzerland

    Jean-Marie Tschopp

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Marchetti, G.P., Tassi, G. (2014). Thoracoscopy: An Old Technique for a Modern Work-Up of the Pleural Cavity. In: Astoul, P., Tassi, G., Tschopp, JM. (eds) Thoracoscopy for Pulmonologists. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38351-9_2

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