Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for thoracic empyema: Primarily, or after fibrinolytic therapy failure?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 471-474

  Petrakis, Ioannis E ^a   Kogerakis, Nektarios E ^a   Drositis, Ioannis E ^a   Lasithiotakis, Kostas G ^a   Bouros, Demosthenes ^a   Chalkiadakis, Georgios E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fibrinolytics; Pleural disease; Thoracic empyema; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642292491     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.12.048     Document Type: Article

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