Lateral decubitus chest radiography or chest ultrasound to predict pleural adhesions before medical thoracoscopy: a prospective study.

Conclusions: These results confirm that pre-MT CUS is the cornerstone to evaluate the access to the pleural cavity and justify educational program in this field in all centers which intends to develop interventional pulmonology. PMID: 31737314 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research