Sunday, April 28th 2013

HALL B SESSION 12 16:00-17:30
S 12 ORAL PRESENTATION-1
(OP-01 / OP-08)
 
  Chairs: Muzaffer Metintas (Turkey), Ales Rozman (Slovenia)  

OP-01 An image-guided diagnostic pathway for undiagnosed pleural exudates
Coenraad F Koegelenberg, Florian Von Groote Bidlingmaier, Johannes W Bruwer, Enas Batubara, Chris T Bolliger (deceased), Elvis M Irusen, Andreas H Diacon
Department of Medicine (Pulmonology), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
OP-02 Outcomes of Talc Pleurodesis- Thoracoscopic Approach vs Chest Tube Approach- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Anusha R Kumbam1, Sasheen R Gilbert Pack2, Srinivas R Mummadi1, Peter Y Hahn1
1Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Tuality Healthcare/Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland,OR
2Dept of Respiratory care, Tuality Healthcare, Portland, OR 
OP-03 Semirigid thoracoscopy for diagnosing pleural diseases and talc pleurodesis
Ales Rozman, Luka Camlek, Mateja Marc Malovrh, Izidor Kern
Endoscopy / Pulmonology Dept., University Clinic Golnik, Slovenia 
OP-04 Cryobiopsy versus forceps biopsy during semirigid thoracoscopy – comparison of sample sizes
Ales Rozman, Luka Camlek, Mateja Marc Malovrh, Izidor Kern
Endoscopy / Pulmonology Dept., University Clinic Golnik, Slovenia 
OP-05 Combined diagnostic-therapeutic management of recurrent suspected malignant pleural effusion
Ismael Matus, MD, FCCP
Lung and Asthma Center of Central Washington, Yakima, U.S.A. 
OP-06 Validation Of A Method For Continuous Pleural Manometry
Matthew Salamonsen1, Robert Ware2, David Fielding1
1Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
2School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 
OP-07 Interventional bronchoscopic treatment improves quality of life in patients with advanced bronchial cancer
Mohamed Mostafa Metwally, Yaser Gad, Tarek Mahfouz
Chest diseases departement, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt
OP-08 Effect of interventional bronchoscopic treatment to the survival in small cell lung cancer
Levent Dalar, Levent Karasulu, Cengiz Özdemir, Sinem Sökücü, Ayşegül Akbaş, Sedat Altın
Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery