Modern morbidity following pulmonary resection for postprimary tuberculosis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 488-491

  Rizzi, Adriano ^a   Rocco, Gaetano ^a,b   Robustellini, Mario ^a   Rossi, Gerolamo ^a   Della Pona, Claudio ^a   Vertemati, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera E Morelli   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPUTUM CULTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOPLASTY; THORACOSTOMY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030924941     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012274     Document Type: Article

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