When to remove a chest tube? A randomized study with subsequent prospective consecutive validation

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 658-662

  Younes, Riad N ^a,b   Gross, Jefferson L ^a   Aguiar, Samuel ^a   Haddad, Fabio J ^a   Deheinzelin, Daniel ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036842591     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01332-7     Document Type: Article

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