Unsuccessful omentopexy in thoracic surgery

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-148

  Yokomise, H ^a   Fukuse, T ^a   Ike, O ^a   Inui, K ^a   Mizuno, H ^a   Wada, H ^a   Hitoni, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Empyema; Omentopexy; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OMENTOPEXY; OMENTUM; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0030878029     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013710     Document Type: Article

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