Prospective evaluation of vacuum pleural drainage after thoracotomy in patients with esophageal carcinoma

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 749-752

  Lau, Hung ^a   Law, Simon ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030745573     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430310063012     Document Type: Article

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