Diagnostic value of thoracoscopic pleural biopsy for pleurisy under local anaesthesia

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 722-724

  Sakuraba, Motoki ^a,b   Masuda, Kimihiko ^a   Hebisawa, Akira ^a   Sagara, Yuzo ^a   Komatsu, Hikotaro ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinomatous pleurisy; Pleural biopsy; Pleurisy; Thoracoscopy; Tuberculous pleurisy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURISY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 33746644119     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03839.x     Document Type: Article

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