Doubly angled pleural drain circumventing the transcostal route relieves pain after cardiac surgery

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 263-264

  Jakob, H ^a   Kamler, M ^a   Hagl, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pleural drainage; Poststernotomy pain control; Postthoracotomy pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRAIN; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0030719547     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013744     Document Type: Article

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