The efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lung biopsies in patients with interstitial lung disease: A retrospective study of 66 patients

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Morris, Dominic ^a   Zamvar, Vipin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change in treatment; Definite pathological diagnosis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Interstitial lung disease; Usual interstitial pneumonia; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84899144297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-9-45     Document Type: Article

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