Omentoplasty together with partial thoracoplasty: A one-stage operation for postpneumonectomy pleural empyema

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-324

  Laisaar, T ^a   Ilves, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bronchial stump fistula; Pleural empyema; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OMENTOPLASTY; OMENTUM; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031455403     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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