VATS as a diagnostic tool in parenchymal, pleural and mediastinal diseases - a retrospective analysis of 650 cases

C. T. Piwkowski, W. Dyszkiewicz, M. Kasprzyk, L. Gasiorowski, K. Pawlak, P. Kasprzak (Poznan, Poland)

Source: Annual Congress 2001 - Thoracoscopy
Session: Thoracoscopy
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3484
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases, Thoracic oncology

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