Empyema of the thorax;Das pleuraempyem

Chirurg

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 821-827

  Sunder Plassmann, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Chirurgische Klinik I   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest tube drainage; Empyema; Functional decortication; Thoracocentesis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PLEURA EMPYEMA; REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; TUBE;

CHEST TUBES; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032138924     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040050496     Document Type: Article

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