Pleuroscopy

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Pleuroscopy is one of the methods for diagnosing lung diseases. The pleura is the surface of the lungs. The bronchi are located on the surface of the lungs and the pleura can increase (this happens with pulmonary emphysema) or collapse (this happens with both living and dead lungs). If a specialist has doubts about the etiology of this process, pleuroscopy is used. The method itself has significant diagnostic capabilities and control complexity. Therefore, pleuroscopy should be entrusted to professionals. There are many techniques, you need to be familiar with each. And we will look at some of the most common ones.

There are five main pleuroscopy techniques. To conduct a pleuroscopic examination, a special apparatus and knowledge of the structure of the lung tissue and the device in the hands of a specialist are required. Then it will be much easier to evaluate the results obtained from the patient. Let's look at each method in more detail:

Chest X-ray. Most often, the study is carried out on an outpatient basis under the supervision of the attending physician. Based on the results of the X-ray examination, the doctor makes a diagnosis and prescribes treatment. The method more often than other studies becomes decisive in the diagnosis of pleurocommissural process in the lungs. Digital X-ray analysis technologies only increase sensitivity, which has a positive effect on the results of the study. Recently, digital cameras have replaced traditional records with sensitive plastic mesh filters. When performing pleuroscopy, preference is given to those doses that create sufficient contrast.

Depending on the pathologies of the lungs, an additional examination with various devices is prescribed: 1) Auscultation - collection of sound sounds