Indwelling pleural catheters: Audit of a new medical service

Kirsty Hett (Cardiff, United Kingdom), K.L. Hett, H.E. Davies

Source: International Congress 2015 – Interventional pulmonology for pleural diseases
Session: Interventional pulmonology for pleural diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2489
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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Kirsty Hett (Cardiff, United Kingdom), K.L. Hett, H.E. Davies. Indwelling pleural catheters: Audit of a new medical service. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2489

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