Video-assisted thoracoscopic closure of postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistulas

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-76

  Saw, Eng ^a   Ramachandra, Srinivas ^a   Franco, Maurice ^a   Tapper, Douglas P ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial fistula; Omentum; Pectoralis muscles; Pleural diseases; Pneumonectomy; Postoperative complications; Surgical flaps; Thoracoscopy; Tissue adhesives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OMENTUM; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; WOUND CLOSURE;

AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0031019942     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199702000-00021     Document Type: Article

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