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