Open AccessThe role of pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion
Author(s) -
VG Prabhu,
Ramani Narasimhan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.95304
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , pleural effusion , malignancy , empyema , surgery , effusion , sarcoidosis , subcutaneous emphysema , tuberculosis , radiology , pathology
To find the diagnostic yield of a pleuroscopic pleural biopsy and to find the complication rates.