Incidence, risk factors and management of bronchopleural fistulae after pneumonectomy

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-174

  De Perrot, Marc ^b   Licker, Marc ^b   Robert, John ^b   Spiliopoulos, Anastase ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bronchopleural fistula; Closed chest irrigation; Myoplasty; Post pneumonectomy empyema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LAVAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MUSCLE FLAP; OMENTUM; PLEURA CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032837716     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017439950141812     Document Type: Article

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