Transsternal closure of bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 954-958

  Brutel De La Riviere, Aart ^a   Defauw, Joseph J ^a   Knaepen, Paul J ^a   Van Swieten, Henry A ^a   Vanderschueren, Roland C ^a   Van Den Bosch, Jules M ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STERNUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0342894672     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00797-2     Document Type: Article

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