Use of transthoracic ultrasound to predict pleural adhesions: A prospective blinded study

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-104

  Wei, Bo ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Jiang, Fusheng ^a   Wang, Huiyu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE AFFILIATED DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

pleural disease (incl. drainage); thoracoscopy VATS; transthoracic ultrasound; ultrasound (all applications)

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA ADHESION; PLEURA DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SURGEON; TRANSTHORACIC ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862815012     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1270760     Document Type: Article

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