Safety and outcome of medical thoracoscopy as diagnostic tool for pleural and pulmonary diseases

Background: The accurate diagnosis of pleural effusion is challenging because even after thoracocentesis and/or closed pleural biopsy, 25–40% of pleural effusion remains undiagnosed. Thoracoscopy is now considered the approach of choice for diagnosis of certain kinds of pleural diseases such as pleu...

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Main Author: Mousa Mohamed Elshamly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763816300863