Implantation of a pleurovenous shunt for massive chylothorax in a patient with yellow nail syndrome

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-255

  Tanaka, E ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Shindo, T ^a   Teguchi, Y ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; THORAX SURGERY; YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME; ANASTOMOSIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DYSPNEA; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMPHEDEMA; METHODOLOGY; NAIL DISEASE; PARACENTESIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; SYNDROME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHYLOTHORAX; DRAINAGE; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; NAIL DISEASES; PARACENTESIS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SYNDROME;

EID: 14944371419     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.015925     Document Type: Article

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