Role of medical thoracoscopy in multiloculated effusions and empyema: Review of 52 cases

Arjun Srinivasan (Coimbatore, India), Arjun Srinivasan, Mahadevan Sivaramakrishnan, Pattabhiraman Vallandramam, Pavan Yadav

Source: International Congress 2015 – Interventional pulmonology for pleural diseases
Session: Interventional pulmonology for pleural diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2500
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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