A new electrocautery pleural biopsy technique using an insulated tip diathermic knife during semirigid pleuroscopy

S. Sasada, K. Kawahara, N. Okamoto, M. Kobayashi, T. Hirashima, H. Suzuki, M. Tamiya, Y. Matsuura, K. Matsui, Y. Chang, T. Miyazawa, Y. Kusunoki (Kawasaki, Japan; Auckland, New Zealand)

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: 704
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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S. Sasada, K. Kawahara, N. Okamoto, M. Kobayashi, T. Hirashima, H. Suzuki, M. Tamiya, Y. Matsuura, K. Matsui, Y. Chang, T. Miyazawa, Y. Kusunoki (Kawasaki, Japan; Auckland, New Zealand). A new electrocautery pleural biopsy technique using an insulated tip diathermic knife during semirigid pleuroscopy. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, 704

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