Suction vs water seal after pulmonary resection: A randomized prospective study

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 831-835

  Marshall, M Blair ^a   Deeb, Maher E ^a   Bleier, Joshua I S ^a   Kucharczuk, John C ^a   Friedberg, Joseph S ^a   Kaiser, Larry R ^a   Shrager, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest tubes; Postoperative complication; Pulmonary; Suction; Surgical procedure; Thoracic surgery; Thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUCTION; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036202337     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.3.831     Document Type: Article

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