Laparoscopic transabdominal pericardial window: New standard in the treatment of recurrent pericardial effusion complicated by cardiac tamponade

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 859-863

  Totte E ^a   Hee, R ^a   Brabant, P ^a   Wollaert, B ^a   Gheuens, E ^a   Declerck, S ^a   Leys, J ^a   Pelgrims, G ^a   Dieudonne T ^a   Oei, F ^a   Vandermotte, M ^a  

^a ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Fenestration; Laparoscopy; Pericardial window

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEURALGIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0036227565     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640090128     Document Type: Article

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