Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) evaluation of pleural effusions in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian carcinoma can influence the primary management choice for these patients Academic Article uri icon

Overview

MeSH Major

  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • Pleural Effusion, Malignant

abstract

  • Overall, management was altered based on VATS findings in 43% of cases. Further investigation is needed to define the prognostic significance of VATS evaluation of the burden of pleural disease.

publication date

  • March 2010

Research

keywords

  • Academic Article

Identity

Language

  • eng

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.09.047

PubMed ID

  • 19945741

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 483

end page

  • 8

volume

  • 116

number

  • 3