Medical thoracoscopic versus ultrasound guided transthoracic pleural needle biopsy in diagnosis of pleural lesions

Conclusions Medical thoracoscopy is an important diagnostic method for the diagnosis of undiagnosed pleural effusion while it is concluded that US guided pleural biopsy is more useful in cases of pleural lesions without effusion.
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research