Thoracoscopy versus open lung biopsy in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease : A randomised controlled trial

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-163

  Ayed, A K ^a   Raghunathan, R ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Chest Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Interstitial lung disease; Lung biopsy; Video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KUWAIT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOSCOPY; TUBE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034124967     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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