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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 1145-1147, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and management of recurrent pleural effusions

J Hucker, NK Bhatnagar, AN al-Jilaihawi and CP Forrester-Wood
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England.

Between April 1984 and July 1988, 102 patients with persistent or recurrent pleural effusions investigated by conventional methods in whom a diagnosis had not been achieved were submitted to thoracoscopy under general anesthesia. A positive diagnosis was obtained in 80.3% of the patients. The procedure was well tolerated, and although some of these were seriously ill patients, there were no procedure-related deaths.


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