The autoclavable semirigid thoracoscope: The way forward in pleural disease?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 571-574

  Munawar, Mohammed ^a   Khan, M A I ^a   Edwards, J ^a   Waqaruddin, Z ^a   Mills, J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Pleural biopsy; Pleurodesis; Semirigid; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOCLAVE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPE; THORACOSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; STERILIZATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; THORACOSCOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847759583     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00101706     Document Type: Article

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