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Safety and Performance Characteristics of Outpatient Medical Thoracoscopy and Indwelling Pleural Catheter Insertion for Evaluation and Diagnosis of Pleural Disease at a Tertiary Center in Canada

BACKGROUND: Many centers performing medical thoracoscopy (MT) to diagnose pleural disease will insert a chest tube and admit patients to hospital after the procedure, which is inconvenient for patients and contributes to healthcare costs. We report the data on the safety, outcomes, and performance c...

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Autores principales: Kyskan, Robert, Li, Pen, Mulpuru, Sunita, Souza, Carolina, Amjadi, Kayvan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5603329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28951662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9345324