Uniportal VATS pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: awake or intubated?

Uniportal VATS pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: awake or intubated?

Abstract Background The aim of this study is to compare the diagnostic efficacy and safety of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with awake VATS (AVATS) pleural biopsy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions. Methods The diagnostic efficacy of pleural biopsy by uniportal VATS under gener...

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Main Authors: Mertol Gokce, Bulent Altinsoy, Ozcan Piskin, Burak Bahadir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Awake
Local anesthesia
Pleural effusion
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01461-7

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