Pleural effusions, empyema: diagnosis and treatment

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: G. Massard (Strasbourg, France), E. Canalis (Barcelona, Spain)
Tool methods in the diagnosis of pleural effusion
N. S. Opanasenko, I. V. Liskina, T. B. Raguzina (Kiev, Ukraine)
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Importance of parietal pleural biopsy (PPB) in the diagnosis of etiology of pleural effusion (PE)
I. Y. Ossisky (Vinnitsa, Ukraine)
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Life expectancy of patients with malignant pleural effusion treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis
T. Laisaar, T. Vooder, V. Palmiste (Tartu, Estonia)
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Pleurodesis in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion
G. B. Kondov, Z. Spirovski, A. Arsovski, I. Kondova, D. Smilevski (Skopje, Fyrom)
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Ambulatory management of malignant pleural effusions
A. Karanikolic, M. Pesic, N. Djordjevic, D. Milic (Nis, Serbia & Montenegro)
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Eozinophylia syndrom of pleural effusion to patients of different age
N. S. Opanasenko, I. V. Liskina, L. M. Zagaba (Kiev, Ukraine)
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Comparison of percutaneous pleural biopsy and video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy (VATS) in diagnosis of pleural effusions
M. Keles, C. Aydemir, A. Orki, A. Kosar, H. Kiral, S. Patlakoglu, C. Dudu, B. Arman (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Intrahospital mortality after pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion
A. Karanikolic, M. Pesic, N. Djordjevic, D. Milic, M. Radojkovic, I. Pesic (Nis, Serbia & Montenegro)
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Effect of temporary bronchial occlusion on course of pleural empyema
A. B. Shilov, T. F. Petrenko, M. M. Zelenin, G. I. Rachmaliev (Yaroslavl, Russia)
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Pleuroectomy at chronic pleural empiema
S. J. Sabirov, T. M. Kariev (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
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Results of lung decortication in chronic empyema (2000-2003)
A. Davoodabadi, E. Razi, A. Khalifehsoltani (Kashan, Iran)
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The management of childhood empyema by conservative surgical approachs
T. Altinok, S. Topcu, E. S. Gulhan, C. Kurul, U. Yazici, E. Aydin, E. Sarica, S. Kaya, I. Tastepe (Ankara, Kocaeli, Turkey)
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Video-assisted thoracoscopy in the treatment of pleural empyema
L. Bisenkov, O. Barinov, A. Salamatov, D. Gladychev, A. Sinenchenko (St Petersburg, Russia)
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Pulmonary decortication: the review of 237 cases
H. Kiral, K. Temurturkan, S. Urek, A. Kosar, H. Eryigit, M. Keles, C. Dudu, B. Arman (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Pulmonectomy for bronchial fistulas and pleural empyema after partial lung resections
T. M. Kariev, S. I. Sabirov, B. T. Babamuradov, A. A. Irgashov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
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The surgical approaches in the treatment of postpneumonectomic bronchopleural fistula
A. Kosar, A. Orki, E. Tasci, H. Ciftci, K. Temurturkan, H. Kiral, M. Keles, B. Arman (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Bronchial fistula after lobectomy for lung cancer
I. Nagahiro, M. Aoe, Y. Sano, H. Date, N. Shimizu (Okayama, Japan)
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