Pleural Biopsy

Breckler, I. Alfred; Hoffman, Milton C.; Hill, Harry E.; Hensler, Nestor M.; Hukill, Peter B.

doi:10.1056/nejm195610112551503

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“…Sutliff et al 53 Breckler et al 54 Smith et al 58 Laustela et al 55 Gunnels 56 Total In general, techniques less invasive than open pleural biopsy have proved successful in diagnosing chronic pleural disease. Nevertheless, open biopsy should be considered as the definitive approach to diagnosis in the individual patient in the appropriate clinical circumstance.…”

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Invasive Procedures in the Diagnosis of Pleural Disease

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Sahn²

1987

Semin Respir Crit Care Med

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Invasive Procedures in the Diagnosis of Pleural Disease

Tomlinson¹,

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1987

Semin Respir Crit Care Med

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“…Other surgeons (Storey et al, 1953 ;Harvey et al, 1958) agree that a larger incision, approaching that for a routine exploratory thoracotomy, is desirable. On the other hand, Breckler et al (1957) recommend an incision of 3 to 5 cm.…”

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