The long-term morbidity of pleuroperitoneal shunts in the management of recurrent malignant effusions

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-146

  Genc, Onur ^a   Petrou, Mario ^a   Ladas, George ^a   Goldstraw, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malignant; Pleural effusion; Pleuro peritoneal shunts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESOTHELIOMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM PLEURA SHUNT; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERITONEUM; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034256011     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(00)00422-X     Document Type: Article

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