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Pediatric Thoracoscopy

Thoracoscopy is a procedure of visual examination of thoracic organs with a devicecalled thoracoscope that is placed into the thoracic cavity. It is performed undergeneral anesthesia. Thoracoscope is made of a metal tube placed into the thoracic cavity, a lens placed into the tube and an imaging system that reflects the captured image to the monitor. It can be used to clean pleural effusionsand to relieve the lungs, to remove tumor focuses from lungs or to collect samples from them and from lymph glands developing in the thoracic cavity or lungs and it can also be performed in certain lung and esophagus surgeries.

Considerations before thoracoscopy

  • Please contact Pediatric Surgery Outpatient clinic on the control date stated in the appointment.

  • Please bring your referral documents and all X-ray results, if any, with you.

  • If your child has any additional prescriptions for other illnesses that were prescribed to be taken before and/or after receiving anesthesia, please bring these medications with you .

  • As the child will be hospitalized before the operation, please bring necessary clothes with you.

  • If there are any changes in the condition of your child (such as fever, runny nose, cough and vomiting) since the last check up, please inform your physician of these instances.

  • Please have a control examination done and if any additional tests requested, please take these requests to the relevant departments.

  • Please show the test results to your physician in the outpatient clinic.

  • After the control, the child will be admitted to Pediatric Surgery Service.


Considerations at Pediatric Surgery Service

  • Please submit the patient file, X-rays and patient admission form to secretary of the service.

  • Please consult with the physician and nurse in the service.

  • Please obtain information after the surgery.

  • The patient will be hospitalized for 2 to 5 days, depending on the type of surgery performed.

  • If a tissue samplesample is collected during the surgery, please follow the pathology report and contact Pediatric Surgery Outpatient Clinic when the report is issued.