Andrews thoracoplasty as a treatment of post-pneumonectomy empyema: Experience in 23 cases

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1159-1163

  Icard, Philippe ^a   Le Rochais, Jean Philippe ^a   Rabut, Bertrand ^a   Cazaban, Sebastien ^a   Martel, Bertrand ^a   Evrard, Claude ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOPLEUROPLASTY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0032747810     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00699-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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