Video-assisted evacuation of empyema is the preferred procedure for management of pleural space infections

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-30

  Lackner, Rudy P ^a   Hughes, Rommie ^b   Anderson, Linda A ^c   Sammut, Paul H ^b   Thompson, Austin B ^c  

^a Department of Surgery (RPL)   (United States)

^b Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^c ABT) Div Pulmon Critical Care M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECORTICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHEST TUBES; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033993487     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00257-3     Document Type: Article

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