Target audience

Pulmonologists, clinicians, surgeons, trainees, thoracic surgeons.

Educational aims

Molecular pathology of the pleura G. Karpathiou (Saint-Priest en Jarez, France)
Value of pleural puncture in pleural effusions E. Manali (Haidari, Greece)
Value of blind and image-guided biopsy in pleural effusions E. Manali (Haidari, Greece)
What we need to start thoracoscopy M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Chest ultra-sound in pleural disease G.F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
Anaesthesia for thoracoscopy J.M. Tschopp (Crans-Montana, Switzerland)
Minithoracoscopy G.F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
Complications of thoracoscopy D. Spyratos (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Management of malignant pleural mesothelioma M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Thoracoscopy in the management of pleural infection G.F. Tassi (Brescia, Italy)
Management of pneumothorax by medical thoracoscopy J.M. Tschopp (Crans-Montana, Switzerland)
Pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion D. Spyratos (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Surgical or medical thoracoscopy? D. Mikroulis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Post procedure and follow-up M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Thoracoscopy appearances: similarities and diversities M. Froudarakis (Alexandroupolis, Greece)