State of the art: Pleuroscopy

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 663-670

  Lee, Pyng ^a   Colt, Henri G ^b,c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flex rigid; Pleura; Pleuroscopy; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CHYLOTHORAX; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMPYEMA; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEUROSCOPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; WOUND INFECTION;

BIOPSY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; THORACOSCOPES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 34547488591     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318070ccaf     Document Type: Review

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