Omentopexy for empyema due to lung fistula following lobectomy

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 695-696

  Nonami, Y ^a   Ogoshi, Sh ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Empyema, pleural; Lung fistula; Omentum surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIBEROSCOPE; FISTULA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; OMENTUM; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STERNOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; AGED; EMPYEMA; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; REOPERATION; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031728848     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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