Presented herein is the first experience gained in Russia with endoscopic transillumination phlebectomy (ETP). The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and advantages of ETP versus traditional combined phlebectomy (TCP). Altogether 94 patients with different forms of lower extremity varicosis were operated on.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransthoracic aspiration needle biopsy is the principal technic of obtaining the material for morphological verification of the diagnosis in apical lung cancer with the Pancoast syndrome in particular. Since transthoracic aspiration biopsy is feasible and readily available, it may be used successfully not only clinically but also in outpatient conditions.
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