The treatment of empyema thoracis by video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS);Il trattamento dell'empiema pleurico per VATS

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-12

  Iarussi, T ^a   Cipollone, G ^a   Quitadamo, S ^a   Altobelli, S ^a   Sacco, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empyema thoracis; Treatment; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EMPYEMA; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 0142090476     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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