Advances in thoracostomy tube management

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 833-848

  Cerfolio, Robert James ^a,b  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; TUBE;

ALGORITHMS; CHEST TUBES; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 0036704052     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(02)00026-9     Document Type: Review

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