Early mediastinal seroma secondary to modified Blalock-Taussig shunts - Successful management by percutaneous drainage

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 495-498

  Connolly, Bairbre L ^a   Temple, Michael J ^a   Chait, Peter G ^a   Restrepo, Ricardo ^a   Adatia, Ian ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drainage; Mediastinum; Seroma

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MEDICAL RECORD; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEROMA; STRIDOR; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037966163     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-0898-5     Document Type: Article

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