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Complications of medical thoracoscopy are rare. [17] The mortality risk is 0.09%, with a major complication rate of 1.9% and a minor complication rate of 5.6%. [18] Complications with a rigid scope include prolonged air leak, hemorrhage, subcutaneous emphysema, postoperative fever, empyema, and seeding of chest wall from mesothelioma. Bleeding after a parietal pleural biopsy, lung perforation, and infections are the most prevalent complications about which the interventional pulmonologist is most concerned. In the case of pleurodesis, 30% of patients develop low grade fevers and may require short term hospitalization for observation.
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Biopsy forceps sampling parietal pleura.
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Talc pleurodesis on lung and parietal pleura.
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Bulky metastasis on parietal pleura.
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Examination for evidence of metastasis.
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Pleural adhesions on medical thoracoscopy.
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Patient positioning for medical thoracoscopy.
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Trocar insertion for medical thoracoscopy.
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Insertion of semirigid scope through trocar.
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Olympus semirigid pleuroscope.
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Olympus semirigid pleuroscope.
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Olympus semirigid pleuroscope.
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Semirigid pleuroscope in extension.
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Semirigid pleuroscope in flexion.
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Semirigid pleuroscope in neutral position.
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