Table 5 Equipment of the endoscopy room

  • Thoracoscopy table

  • Sterile table for instruments

  • Pneumothorax apparatus (optional)

  • Aspiration equipment for the pleural fluid

  • Simple anaesthetic equipment, with air-feed and oxygen

  • Overhead light

  • Electrocautery (optional: laser equipment)

  • Separate mobile carts for endoscopic light sources, video equipment, and equipment for colour photography

  • Ultrasonography (optional: fluoroscope)