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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:2136-2137. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.076
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Correspondence

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease

Rizwan A. Qureshi, FRCS, Steven A. Stamenkovic, FRCS, Fiona M. Carnochan, FRCS, Wiliam S. Walker, FRCS

Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Rd, Edinburgh EH 16 4SA, United Kingdom

(Email: rizwanqureshi2@aol.com).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the study by Kreider and colleagues [1], which emphasizes that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung biopsy is not without risk.

The efficacy of VATS for lung biopsy has been previously determined [2–4]. The VATS procedure is more aesthetic, less painful, cost effective, . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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