Thoracoscopy Overview

Thoracoscopy is a medical procedure involving internal inspection of the pleural cavity. It was developed by Hans Christian Jacobaeus, a Swedish internist in 1910 for the treatment of tuberculous intra-thoracic adhesions. He used a cystoscope to examine the thoracic cavity, developing his technique over the next twenty years. Thoracoscopy may be performed either under general anaesthesia or under sedation with local anaesthetic. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a surgical operation involving...