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Medical thoracoscopy: rigid thoracoscopy or flexi-rigid pleuroscopy?
PURPOSE OF REVIEW In managing pleural diseases, medical thoracoscopy is often performed as a diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedure, particularly in undiagnosed pleural effusions. Flexi-rigid pleuroscopes are now widely available as an alternative to conventional rigid thoracoscopes. There is an ongoing debate on which is the better instrument. This review analyses the current literature that ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1944-6586
DOI: 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000666