Philippe Astoul • GianFranco Tassi
Jean-Marie Tschopp
Editors

2014

A Didactic Approach

Over the last two decades, the increased incidence of pleural-related disease has added a significant workload for pulmonologists. It is now accepted that thoracoscopy is an integral component and best practice in the workup of pleural pathology. Indeed, thoracoscopy has become the cornerstone investigation for the pleura and allows accurate diagnosis, staging and, in many cases, therapeutic options. There is great worldwide interest from pulmonologists in this procedure, and this can be easily appreciated at the many courses dedicated to the technique.