Evaluation of a new fiberscope for pleuroscopy under local anesthesia

Published: Sep 28, 2019
Abstract
Pleuroscopy under local anesthesia is performed by physicians in case with unexplained pleural effusion. There are limits to the bending angle and image resolution of conventional fiberscopes. Olympus Corporation and 4 Japanese institutions, including our hospital, developed a new pleuroscope for use under local anesthesia. Compared to the conventional pleuroscope (LTF-260; Olympus, Japan), the new pleuroscope (LTF-Y0032; Olympus, Japan) comes...
Paper Details
Title
Evaluation of a new fiberscope for pleuroscopy under local anesthesia
Published Date
Sep 28, 2019
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