Retrospective evaluation of effectiveness and safety of local anaesthetic thoracoscopy compared with blind chest drain pleurodesis

C. Malcolm, A. West, L. Ahmed (Kent, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - From outside to inside: access to the pleura
Session: From outside to inside: access to the pleura
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 603
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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C. Malcolm, A. West, L. Ahmed (Kent, United Kingdom). Retrospective evaluation of effectiveness and safety of local anaesthetic thoracoscopy compared with blind chest drain pleurodesis. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, 603

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