Outcomes and complications of medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion

Outcomes and complications of medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion

Abstract Background Thoracoscopy has long been established as the procedure of choice for various chest diseases, among which is undiagnosed pleural effusions. Thoracoscopy does not only visualizes the extent of the disease but allows adequate tissue biopsy sampling. Objective The aim of the present...

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Main Authors: Mona M. Ahmed, Hesham Atef Abdel Halim, Ehab Thabet Aziz, Rania Mohammed El-Shorbagy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Subjects:
malignant pleural effusion
medical thoracoscopy
thoracocentesis
undiagnosed pleural effusion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/1687-8426.184367

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