Childhood chronic pleural empyema: A continuing surgical challenge in developing countries

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 357-360

  Soysol, O ^a,c   Topcu S ^b   Tastepe I ^b   Kaya, S ^b   Cetin G ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital Ankara   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Empyema; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032442644     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1010253     Document Type: Article

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