Recurrent pleural effusion complicating liver cirrhosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 986-989

  Assouad, Jalal ^a   Barthes, Françoise Le Pimpec ^a   Shaker, Walid ^a   Souilamas, Redha ^a   Riquet, Marc ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b Hop Europ Georges Pompidou   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURODESIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST TUBES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 0037336555     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04548-4     Document Type: Article

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