Management of empyema after lung resections (pneumonectomy/lobectomy)

Chest Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 571-585

  Vallières, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036703177     PISSN: 10523359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3359(02)00019-4     Document Type: Review

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