Clinical study of medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with malignant pleural effusion

Objective To explore the effects of the clinical application of medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural effusion.Methods Patients with malignant pleural effusion were divided into the thoracoscopic group and the control group.The diagnostic positive rate and clinical curative effect were retrospectively observed and compared.Results The diagnostic rates were 92.9% and 69.05% respectively in the thoracoscopic group and in the control group.There were significant differences in complete remission rate and total efficiency between the two groups(P 0.05).Conclusion Medical thoracoscopy has a high positive diagnostic rate in the pleural biopsy of patients with malignant pleural effusion.Besides,pleurodesis under medical thoracoscopy can effectively control the generation of malignant pleural effusion,which is more effective than the conventional chest drainage and worth to be applied in clinical use widely.