Diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion using ultrasound guided versus medical thoracoscopic pleural biopsy
Introduction: Medical thoracoscopy increases the diagnostic yield in patients with non-diagnosed pleural effusion when thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy (CPB) are non-diagnostic. Chest ultrasound (US) is a very useful imaging method for pleural diseases and the technique of ultra sound-guide...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-10-01
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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/S042276381300188X |