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Ann Thorac Surg 1976;21:536-539
© 1976 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Direct Diagnostic Thoracoscopy

Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, NJ

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Mackenzie, Chairman, Department of Surgery, CMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Direct diagnostic thoracoscopy under general anesthesia using the mediastinoscope or bronchoscope has been done in 40 patients. No deaths or serious morbidity occurred. We recommend the use of this technique when other efforts fail to establish a diagnosis in patients with pleural disease.

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