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The utility of thoracic ultrasound before local anesthetic video-assisted thoracoscopy in patients with suspected pleural malignancy
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 09/14/09

Medford ARL et al. – Thoracic sonography (TUS) is known to facilitate thoracocentesis after dry tap but has not been studied in detail before VAT–LA. The authors report a case of lateral decubitus pre–VAT TUS that helped locate the optimal access to the pleural space and demonstrated fibrinous intrapleural septation, thereby affecting the decision to avoid thoracoscopic pleurodesis.

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