Diagnostic yield and safety of closed needle pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion

Background: Closed pleural biopsy was previously considered a procedure of choice in cases of undiagnosed pleural effusion with good efficacy. Currently, the closed pleural biopsy has been replaced by thoracoscopic biopsy but not easily available in resource-limited setups. Objective: The objective...

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Published in:	Avicenna Journal of Medicine
Main Authors:	Govind Singh Rajawat, Supreet Batra, Rajendra Prasad Takhar, Lalit Rathi, Chand Bhandari, Manohar Lal Gupta
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-07-01
Subjects:	closed pleural biopsy malignant pleural effusion thoracoscopic pleural biopsy tubercular pleural effusion
Online Access:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.AJM_112_16