Using diagnostic thoracoscopy to optimal effect

Journal of Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 503-509

  Lee, Pyng ^a,b   Colt, Henri G ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 0345167136     PISSN: 0194259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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