Is there any role for thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of benign pleural effusions

Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 73 - 81
Published: Feb 1, 2019
Abstract
Thoracoscopy in the endoscopy suite, has a high diagnostic yield of undiagnosed pleural effusions with minimal and mild complications. Whereas relatively minimal invasive techniques, such as thoracentesis, image-guided pleural biopsy or blind pleural biopsy, can yield sufficient cell or tissue material to establish the diagnosis of the underlying condition, more definite invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedure, such as thoracoscopy, may be...
Paper Details
Title
Is there any role for thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of benign pleural effusions
Published Date
Feb 1, 2019
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
73 - 81
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