Thoracoscopy: origins revisited

Florin V Moisiuc; Henri G Colt

doi:10.1159/000098235

Thoracoscopy: origins revisited

Respiration. 2007;74(3):344-55. doi: 10.1159/000098235. Epub 2006 Dec 21.

Authors

Florin V Moisiuc¹, Henri G Colt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868-3298, USA.

PMID: 17191037
DOI: 10.1159/000098235

Abstract

The ways in which thoracoscopy has evolved wonderfully illustrate how a diagnostic and therapeutic technique can transcend a particular medical or surgical subspecialty. In this review, an in-depth history is provided to enable readers to better understand the nature of minimally invasive endoscopic pleural imaging techniques.

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Equipment Design / history
Europe
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, Medieval
Humans
Lighting / history
Lighting / instrumentation
Lung Diseases / history
Lung Diseases / surgery
Pleural Diseases / history
Pleural Diseases / surgery
Thoracoscopes / history*
Thoracoscopy / history*
United States