Successful closure of postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistulae by latissimus dorsi island flap and closed-chest irrigation

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 92-94

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

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bronchopleural fistula; Muscle flap; Pneumonectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LUNG RESECTION; PLEURA CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034040559     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430050142486     Document Type: Article

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