Procedural complications and diagnostic yield of thoracocentesis: Experience from 67 patients with clinically suspected pleural effusion

K. Nanayakkara, H. Nagella, P. Bijoor, J. Corcoran, M. Bhattacharya, R. Mukherjee, A. Kavidasan (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - 100 years of thoracoscopy: still room for improvement?
Session: 100 years of thoracoscopy: still room for improvement?
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 716
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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