Evaluation of treatment modalities for thoracic empyema: A cost- effectiveness analysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1121-1126

  Thourani, Vinod H ^a   Brady, Kevin M ^a   Mansour, Kamal A ^a   Miller Jr , Joseph I ^a,b   Lee, Robert B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Section of General Thoracic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECORTICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB RESECTION; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0032192524     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00767-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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