Protection of right pneumonectomy bronchial sutures with a pedicled thymus flap

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 351-353

  Infante, Maurizio V ^a   Alloisio, Marco ^a   Balzarini, Luca ^a   Cariboni, Umberto ^a   Testori, Alberto ^a   Incarbone, Matteo A ^a   Macri, Paolo ^a   Ravasi, Gianluigi ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchopleural fistula; Pneumonectomy; Thymus flap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SUTURE; THYMUS;

EID: 1642564174     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00892-0     Document Type: Article

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