Ultrasound guidance for medical thoracoscopy: A novel approach

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-301

  Hersh, Craig P ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Wahidi, Momen ^a   Garland, Robert ^a   Herth, Felix ^a   Ernst, Armin ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleural diseases; Pleural effusion; Thoracoscopy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; THORACOSCOPY; TROCAR; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PUNCTURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0042072740     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072012     Document Type: Article

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