When should decortication be done in patients with pleural disease?

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-104

  Sriram, P S ^a   Winer Muram, Helen ^a   Antony, Veena ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decortication; Empyema; Intrapleural fibrinolytics; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHYLOTHORAX; DECORTICATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0036208163     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-200203000-00005     Document Type: Article

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