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V G Prabhu Ramnath1, R Narasimhan.   

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Year:  2012        PMID: 22919181      PMCID: PMC3424881     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Lung India        ISSN: 0970-2113


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Sir, We thank the readers for interest in our article their comments.[1] It is interesting to note that pleuroscopy is going to be accepted widely as an excellent diagnostic tool. I would like to point out that Ernst's series, which the readers have quoted, the complication rate ranged between 2 to 5%.[2] They were only in the form of bleeding, subcutaneous emphysema, and wound site infection that resolved without major interventions. In our series, we did not encounter any of these.[3] The beauty of this equipment is that if someone knows to maneuver bronchoscope well, he/she can negotiate it with ease in pleural cavity with great safety as the patient is under conscious sedation or anesthesia.
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1.  The role of pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion.

Authors:  V G Prabhu; R Narasimhan
Journal:  Lung India       Date:  2012-04

Review 2.  Pleuroscopy for diagnosis and therapy for pleural effusions.

Authors:  Gaetane Michaud; David M Berkowitz; Armin Ernst
Journal:  Chest       Date:  2010-11       Impact factor: 9.410

3.  Comments: Pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion.

Authors:  Beuy Joob; Viroj Wiwanitkit
Journal:  Lung India       Date:  2012-07
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