Fiberoptic medical thoracoscopy versus video-assisted surgical thoracoscopy

E. Ibrahim, A. Elganady, A. Saleh (Alexandria, Egypt)

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: 714
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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E. Ibrahim, A. Elganady, A. Saleh (Alexandria, Egypt). Fiberoptic medical thoracoscopy versus video-assisted surgical thoracoscopy. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, 714

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