Empyema necessitatis into the retroperitoneal space

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1954-1956

  Sakamoto, Toshihiko ^a   Miyamoto, Yoshifumi ^a   Nishio, Wataru ^a   Matsuoka, Hidehito ^a   Tsubota, Noriaki ^a  

^a HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DISEASE COURSE; FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; RETROPERITONEUM; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ABSCESS; AGED; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EMPYEMA, TUBERCULOUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 0036263473     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03465-8     Document Type: Article

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6. Results of surgical treatment for calcified tuberculous empyema: Improved pulmonary function obtained with lung preserving policy