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The value of thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the pleura and lung

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On the basis of our experience it seems to us that thoracoscopy deserves a permanent place in the diagnosis and therapy of pleural-pulmonary diseases, particularly spontaneous pneumothorax, pleurisy, localized tumors of the pleura, the thoracic wall, diphragma and mediastinum and some cases of diffuse pulmonary lesions.

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Swierenga, J., Wagenaar, J.P.M. & Bergstein, P.G.M. The value of thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the pleura and lung. Pneumologie 151, 11–18 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02101140

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