Postoperative chylothorax

Chest Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 597-603

  Johnstone, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYLOTHORAX; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY;

CHYLOTHORAX; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036703011     PISSN: 10523359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3359(02)00016-9     Document Type: Review

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