Postsurgical pleurodesis with autologous blood in patients with persistent air leak

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 270-272

  Rivas de Andrés, Juan J ^a,b   Blanco, Sandra ^a   De La Torre, Mercedes ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUGHING; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0343932903     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01360-6     Document Type: Article

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