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. 2013 Sep;5 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S449-51.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.05.14.

An interview between a pulmonologist and a thoracic surgeon-Pleuroscopy: the reappearance of an old definition

Kosmas Tsakiridis  1 , Paul Zarogoulidis
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An interview between a pulmonologist and a thoracic surgeon-Pleuroscopy: the reappearance of an old definition

Kosmas Tsakiridis et al. J Thorac Dis. 2013 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Jakobaeus; Pleuroscopy; awake; medical; sedation; surgical; thoracoscopy; video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).

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Differences between thoracoscopy and video assisted thoracic surgery.
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