A new technique of thoracoscopic pleurodesis for refractory hepatic hydrothorax

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 140-143

  Takayama, T ^a   Kurokawa, Y ^a   Kaiwa, Y ^a   Ansai, M ^a   Chiba, T ^a   Inoue, T ^a   Nakui, M ^a   Satomi, S ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Diaphragmatic defect; Hepatic hydrothorax; Liver; Peritoneopleural communication; Thoracoscopic pleurodesis

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; MINOCYCLINE; PICIBANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOSCOPY;

AGED; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PICIBANIL; PLEURODESIS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 1642540037     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9019-7     Document Type: Article

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