Initial experiences with a long-term indwelling tunnelled pleural catheter for the management of malignant pleural effusion

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 882-884

  Smart, J M ^a   Tung, K T ^a  

^a ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INCISION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NEEDLE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034527484     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2000.0555     Document Type: Article

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