Sameh Fathy Makled

Six years experience of medical thoracoscopy at Al Azhar University Sameh Fathy Makled

This study was carried out to analyze our six years experience of medical thoracoscopy in the management of undiagnosed pleural effusion at Al Hussein University Hospital Cairo Egypt. The study conducted on 170 patients with undiagnosed pleural effusion, 100 males and 70 females with age ranging between 22 and 85. Medical thoracoscopy is an easy procedure and an excellent diagnostic procedure for pleural effusion of uncertain etiology. It has low complication rate even in settings where the procedure is just started. It should be included in the armamentarium of procedures for management of pleural effusion.