A successful surgical repair of the hepatic hydrothorax using pneumoperitoneum: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 795-798

  Yaguchi, Toyohisa ^a   Harada, Akio ^a   Sakakibara, Takumi ^a   Komatsu, Yoshinori ^a   Yoshida, Sigeru ^a   Yokoi, Kazuki ^a   Murakami, Hiroya ^a   Fukuhara, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a Aichi ken Kousei ren Kainan H ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic hydrothorax; Pleural effusion; Pneumoperitoneum; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032791208     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482331     Document Type: Article

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