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Intra-patient comparison of parietal pleural biopsies by rigid forceps, flexible forceps and cryoprobe obtained during medical thoracoscopy: a prospective series of 80 cases with pleural effusion
BACKGROUND: There is only few data available on the use of cryotechnique during medical thoracoscopy. METHODS: Medical thoracoscopy was performed in consecutive patients with pleural effusion. Prospectively, biopsies were taken by rigid forceps, flexible forceps and cryoprobe. Specimen size, depth a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4937596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27387441 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0258-5 |