Lobar torsion after pulmonary resection: Presentation and outcome

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1091-1093

  Cable, David G ^a   Deschamps, Claude ^a   Allen, Mark S ^a   Miller, Daniel L ^a   Nichols, Francis C ^a   Trastek, Victor F ^a   Pairolero, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LOBE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLVULUS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORSION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0035784116     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.117839     Document Type: Article

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