Management of postpneumonectomy empyema and bronchopleural fistula

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-19

  Deschamps, Claude ^a   Allen, Mark S ^a   Miller, Daniel L ^a   Nichols III, Francis C ^a   Pairolero, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopleural fistula; Postpneumonectomy empyema; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LUNG RESECTION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NECROSIS; PLEURA CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; THORAX WALL; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0034769207     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/stcs.2001.22495     Document Type: Article

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