A Cervical Approach to Investigating Pleural Disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 315-317

  Fowkes, Lucy ^a   Lau, Kelvin K W ^a   Shah, Nehal ^a   Black, Edward ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649743677     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.089     Document Type: Article

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