Video-assisted thoracoscopic access in pleural empyema compared with mere chest tube drainage;Der videoassistiert-thoracoskopische Zugang zum Pleuraempyem im Vergleich zu Drainagetherapie oder Thoracotomie

Chirurg

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 464-468

  Hurtgen M ^a   Witte, B ^b   Friedel, G ^b   Toomes, H ^a  

^a Klinik Schillerhohe   (Germany)

^b Klinik Schillerhöhe ^*

Author keywords

Chest tube drainage; Decortication; Empyema thoracis; Minimal invasive surgery; Retrospective study; Video assisted surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCTION; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADULT; CHEST TUBES; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033112887     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040050673     Document Type: Article

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