Thoracoscopy for Physicians: A Practical Guide

by D. R. Buchanan

Thoracoscopy and biobsy have been developed as critical tools with which to diagnose pleural, and sometimes lung disease when simpler clinical and laboratory methods of examination have failed to yield a diagnosis. Thoracoscopy, which can be performed in an endoscopy suite or operating room, using simple sedation and local anesthesia and nondisposable equipment, is a useful, and less invasive, alternative to thoracotomy. Direct visualisation of thepleura...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340742119
• ISBN13: 9780340742112
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 6.1"