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01-06-2020 | Air Embolism | Letter to the Editor

Percutaneous Lung Biopsy: Smart Positioning—Prone Should Be Forbidden

Author: Gernot Rott

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 6/2020

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Title: Percutaneous Lung Biopsy: Smart Positioning—Prone Should Be Forbidden
Author: Gernot Rott
Publication date: 01-06-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Air Embolism
Pneumothorax
Pneumothorax
Pneumothorax
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 6/2020
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-020-02410-y

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