Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in pleural diseases
Disease area: Thoracic oncology



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D. P. Breen, A. Fraticelli, L. Greillier, S. Mallawathantri, P. Astoul (Marseille Cedex 09, France; Dublin 8, Ireland; Nottingham, United Kingdom). ‘Redo‘ medical thoracoscopy is feasible in patients with pleural diseases – a series. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 669

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Tarek Mohsen - 07.10.2008 13:01
Sure feasible
I guess the reason for redo was reccurent pleural effusion, so come on u have less adhesion to do the procedure again. If your indication was because of unsure previous diagnosis then why did u wait a mean of 5.3 months?!!!!!!

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