Paraffin plombage of the chest revisited

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1837-1839

  Vigneswaran, Wickii T ^a   Ramasastry, Sai S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; PARAFFIN; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACOPLASTY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030540954     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00548-6     Document Type: Article

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